Pandemics and Social Cohesion: 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic and the Reduction in US Suicide Rates

Tarun Bastiampillai; Stephen Allison; Jonathan Brailey; Mandy Ma; Sherry Kit Wa; Jeffrey C.L. Looi

doi:10.4088/PCC.20com02882

Pandemics and Social Cohesion: 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic and the Reduction in US Suicide Rates

Tarun Bastiampillai
, Stephen Allison
, Jonathan Brailey
, Mandy Ma
, Sherry Kit Wa
, Jeffrey C.L. Looi

College of Medicine and Public Health

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may increase US suicide rates due to the combined impact of high COVID-19–related mortality, acute recession, income shock, bankruptcy, decline in asset values, loss of savings, rising unemployment, job stress and insecurity, social isolation, barriers to accessing treatment, increased population distress and anxiety, and increased alcohol misuse.^1,2 There is some suggestion that previous epidemics may have increased suicide rates in Hong Kong (severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic) and in the United States (influenza pandemic: 1918–1920).^3,4

Original language	English
Article number	20com02882
Journal	The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4088/PCC.20com02882
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2021

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