Suicide after and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City

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Autor(a) principal: Borges,Guilherme
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Garcia,José Angel, Sinyor,Mark, Spittal,Matthew J., Lopez-Arellano,Oliva, Pirkis,Jane
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462022000400409
Resumo: Objectives: Prior research has indicated that no increase in suicides occurred immediately following the declaration of the COVID-19 emergency in Mexico City. Here we examine longer-term overall suicide trends and trends according to basic demographic groups. Methods: We used interrupted time-series analysis to model trends in monthly suicides before COVID-19 (January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2020), comparing the expected number of suicides both overall and according to age and sex with the observed number of suicides for the remainder of 2020 (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020). Results: There was an overall increase in suicides during the first 9 months of the pandemic, with a rate ratio of 2.07 (1.86-2.31). The increase began in the early months of the pandemic and remained stable and high after June 2020. Men and women, younger people (< 45) and older people (≥ 45) were affected. The increase was especially high among older women (RR = 3.33; 2.04-5.15). Conclusions: The increase in suicides in Mexico City is worrying and highlights the need to strengthen economic development, mental health, and well-being programs. Suicides among older women should be closely monitored. There is an urgent need to expand primary health care services to include robust suicide prevention and treatment options.
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title Suicide after and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City
spellingShingle Suicide after and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City
Borges,Guilherme
Suicide
Mexico City
COVID-19
epidemiology
title_short Suicide after and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City
title_full Suicide after and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City
title_fullStr Suicide after and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City
title_full_unstemmed Suicide after and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City
title_sort Suicide after and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City
author Borges,Guilherme
author_facet Borges,Guilherme
Garcia,José Angel
Sinyor,Mark
Spittal,Matthew J.
Lopez-Arellano,Oliva
Pirkis,Jane
author_role author
author2 Garcia,José Angel
Sinyor,Mark
Spittal,Matthew J.
Lopez-Arellano,Oliva
Pirkis,Jane
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Borges,Guilherme
Garcia,José Angel
Sinyor,Mark
Spittal,Matthew J.
Lopez-Arellano,Oliva
Pirkis,Jane
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Suicide
Mexico City
COVID-19
epidemiology
topic Suicide
Mexico City
COVID-19
epidemiology
description Objectives: Prior research has indicated that no increase in suicides occurred immediately following the declaration of the COVID-19 emergency in Mexico City. Here we examine longer-term overall suicide trends and trends according to basic demographic groups. Methods: We used interrupted time-series analysis to model trends in monthly suicides before COVID-19 (January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2020), comparing the expected number of suicides both overall and according to age and sex with the observed number of suicides for the remainder of 2020 (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020). Results: There was an overall increase in suicides during the first 9 months of the pandemic, with a rate ratio of 2.07 (1.86-2.31). The increase began in the early months of the pandemic and remained stable and high after June 2020. Men and women, younger people (< 45) and older people (≥ 45) were affected. The increase was especially high among older women (RR = 3.33; 2.04-5.15). Conclusions: The increase in suicides in Mexico City is worrying and highlights the need to strengthen economic development, mental health, and well-being programs. Suicides among older women should be closely monitored. There is an urgent need to expand primary health care services to include robust suicide prevention and treatment options.
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