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International commentary addresses reducing suicide risk
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32396
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , covid-19 , pandemic , suicide rates , suicide risk , psychology , criminology , political science , medicine , psychiatry , suicide prevention , medical emergency , poison control , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Although there are suggestions that suicide rates will rise as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic, it is not inevitable. However, universal interventions are needed to mitigate the risk, suggests an international group of suicide prevention researchers. Their commentary is published in the June issue of Lancet Psychiatry .