Mourouvaye Association between suicide behaviours in children and adolescents and the COVID-19 lockdown in Paris, France- a retrospective observational study.pdf
[en] This retrospective observational study conducted in Necker Hospital for Sick Children, France (January 2018-June 2020) evaluated a potential temporal association between admissions for suicide behaviours in children and adolescents and the national COVID-19 lockdown (March-May 2020). During the study period, 234 patients were admitted for suicide behaviours (28% male; mean age 13.4 years). Using Poisson regression, we found a significant decrease in the incidence of admissions for suicide behaviour during the lockdown (adjusted incidence rate ratio: 0.46; 95% CI 0.24 to 0.86). This association might result from reduced help-seeking and decreased hospital admission rates during the lockdown, as well as cognitive and environmental factors. Further multicentre studies should be conducted to confirm these findings and investigate whether a compensatory rise in admissions for suicide behaviour occurred in the postlockdown period.
Disciplines :
Psychiatry
Author, co-author :
Mourouvaye, Maymouna ; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, University of Paris, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Bottemanne, Hugo ; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, University of Paris, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, Île-de-France, France hugo.bottemanne@gmail.com. ; Paris Brain Institute - Institut du Cerveau (ICM), UMR 7225 / UMRS 1127, Sorbonne University / CNRS / INSERM, Paris, France, Paris, France.
Bonny, Guillaume; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, University of Paris, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Fourcade, Lola; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, University of Paris, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Angoulvant, Francois; Emergency Department, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, University of Paris, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France. ; INSERM, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, UMRS 1138, Sorbonne University, University of Paris, Paris, France.
Cohen, Jérémie F ; INSERM UMR 1153, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team (EPOPé), Center for Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), DHU Risks in Pregnancy, Paris, France. ; Department of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, University of Paris, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
Ouss, Lisa ; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, University of Paris, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Language :
English
Title :
Association between suicide behaviours in children and adolescents and the COVID-19 lockdown in Paris, France: a retrospective observational study.
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