A Following Wave Pattern of Suicide-Related Pediatric Emergency Room Admissions during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15483894 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tomer Mevorach (0000-0001-9287-6971, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author), Gil Zur (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Noa Benaroya-Milshtein (0000-0003-2988-2388, Schneider Children's Medical Center), Alan Apter (0000-0002-1905-0505, Schneider Children's Medical Center), Silvana Fennig (0000-0002-7797-7296, Schneider Children's Medical Center), Shira Barzilay (0000-0002-4026-6204, Schneider Children's Medical Center) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1619-1619 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph20021619 |
| PMID | 36674373 |
| OpenAlex | W4316468812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 31 |
The COVID-19 pandemic and response, which included physical distancing and stay-at-home orders, disrupted the daily lives of children and adolescents, isolating them from their peers, school, and other meaningful contacts. The present study aims to add to the accumulating evidence on the pandemic's impact on child and adolescent suicidal behavior. Data were extracted from Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel's pediatric emergency room (ER) admissions for psychiatric consultation for suicidal-risk assessment between 1 January 2020, and 16 April 2022. We applied time-lagged cross-correlation analysis and a Granger causality test to assess the temporal relationships between COVID-19 infection waves and patterns of suicide-related ER admissions. The results revealed a significant lagged correlation between national COVID-19 infection rates and ER admission rates. The highest correlation was above 0.4 and was found with a lag of 80 to 100 days from infection rate to ER admission rate. The findings show that the effects of public crises change over time and may be lagged. This may have important implications for mental health services' readiness to serve growing numbers of children and adolescents at risk for suicide
Causality (physics · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Correlation · Medical emergency · Mental health · Pandemic · Poison control · Positive correlation · Psychiatry · Public health · Suicide prevention · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Internal Medicine
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Identification of Covid-19 Waves
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |