Suicides during the period of lifting pandemic self-isolation and mitigation of restrictive measures (Part 2)

Zurab Il'ich Kekelidze; Boris Sergeevich Polozhiy; Elena Olegovna Boyko; Valeriy Vital'evich Vasil'ev; Elena Mikhaylovna Evtushenko; Yuriy Georgievich Kamenshchikov; Viktor Aleksandrovich Ruzhenkov; Viktoriya Viktorovna Ruzhenkova; Anatoliy Vasil'evich Sakharov; Ol'ga Petrovna Stupina; Il'giz Faritovich Timerbulatov

doi:10.24411/1560-957Х-2020-10502

Suicides during the period of lifting pandemic self-isolation and mitigation of restrictive measures (Part 2)

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Kekelidze ZI, Polozhiy BS, Boyko EO, et al. [Suicides during the period of lifting pandemic self-isolation and mitigation of restrictive measures (Part 2)]. Rossiiskii psikhiatricheskii zhurnal [Russian Journal of Psychiatry]. 2020;(5):13-23. Russian

Abstract

A comparative analysis of the frequency of suicides in 5 regions of the Russian Federation was conducted in a single-stage retrospective study in order to study the impact of the abolition of general self-isolation and mitigation of other anti-epidemic measures on the suicidal activity of the population. The same regions where the suicidal situation during self-isolation was studied were selected for this study as well. Study periods: May 2020 (the period of the cancellation of general self-isolation), April 2020 (self-isolation period) and the "quiet" May of 2019. The study has shown that in May 2020 changes in the suicidal situation in the regions were different: from an increase to a decrease in the incidence of COVID-19. This implies the need for a differentiated and step-by-step approach to easing or lifting restrictive measures in the regions, taking into account the current epidemic situation and the possibilities of organizing anti-epidemic assistance.

Keywords suicide; pandemic; COVID-19; administrative regions; the abolition of general self-isolation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24411/1560-957Х-2020-10502

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