Increased suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in COVID-19 patients in the United States: Statistics from a large national insurance billing database.

ABSTRACT: Emerging research suggests suicidality may have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study aimed to advance understanding of suicide risk during the pandemic through novel use of a large insurance database. Using logistic regression across time-points, we estimated the effect of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection on rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in infected individuals versus uninfected controls during the pandemic (March 2020 - September 2021). In uninfected individuals, we estimated the effect of exposure to the pandemic period versus the pre-pandemic control period (January 2017 to February 2020) on suicidality rates. We also investigated within-pandemic temporal patterns of suicidality. All patients with data in the UnitedHealth Group claims duri

SUBMITTER: Reinke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008142 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature