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Media coverage and speculation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide: a content analysis of UK news

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Objectives Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much concern and speculation about rises in suicide rates, despite evidence that suicides did not in fact increase in the first year of the pandemic in most countries with real-time suicide data. This public narrative is potentially harmful, as well as misleading, and is likely to be perpetuated by sensational news coverage.

Method Using a bespoke database, we analysed the quality ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065456

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Research group:
Centre for Suicide Research
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BMJ Publishing Group
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BMJ Open More from this journal
Volume:
13
Issue:
2
Article number:
e065456
Publication date:
2023-02-28
Acceptance date:
2023-02-07
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EISSN:
2044-6055
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English
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Pubs id:
1330640
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pubs:1330640
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2023-02-27

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