The aim of this study was to use the NCMD’s unique dataset to report on any changes, and characteristics of children dying by suicide in England, before, and during the COVID pandemic.
It finds that, in England, suicide rates do not appear to be increasing, and the methods of suicide remain static. The role of deprivation and suicide risk appears to be different between race/ethnicity, while a recorded diagnosis of a self-harm events appears to predict suicide in the subsequent month.
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