This paper, published in Elsevier’s Journal of Affective Disorders, uses the National Child Mortality Database’s unique data to show that overall child deaths by suicide did not increase during the Covid-19 pandemic – though there is some evidence that they were...
NCMD Programme Lead Professor Karen Luyt shares key findings from the Database’s second thematic report, which found that 108 children and young people are likely to have died by suicide between April 2019 and March 2020.
This report draws on data from the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) to identify the common characteristics of children and young people who die by suicide, investigate factors associated with these deaths and pull out recommendations for service providers and...
Thursday 21st October 2021, 1:00 – 1:30pm (online) We invite you to join a short online lecture to launch the Suicide in Children and Young People Thematic Report 2021, which is currently projected to be published on 14th October 2021 (although this date may be...
Child Suicide Rates during the COVID-19 Pandemic in England: Real-time Surveillance This briefing, which is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) on behalf of NHS England, describes the findings from our real-time surveillance system...