Suicidality Calls to a National Helpline After a Terror Attack and War.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Changes in suicide rates after a nationwide trauma may be different from changes in psychiatric symptoms or general distress after such events. However, very few studies have examined short-term suicide-related reactions after such an event.

Objective

To evaluate the short-term outcome of the events in Israel on October 7, 2023, a large-scale terror attack and unfolding war, on changes in suicidality as reflected in percentages of suicide-related calls in relation to all calls to a national mental health first aid helpline, the Israeli Association for Emotional First Aid (ERAN).

Design, setting and participants

The data included all interactions via the various ERAN helpline services between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023.

Exposures

The Octob

SUBMITTER: Benatov J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411444 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature