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Suicide Rates Spiked Globally in 2020 Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on people’s mental health, but curiously, suicide rates spiked globally in 2020 despite the lockdowns and social distancing measures implemented by governments around the world. According to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), there was a “rise of almost 30 percent” in the number of suicides during the first two quarters of 2020.
Experts attribute this startling increase to the fact that social isolation and economic uncertainty caused by lockdown measures have exposed more people to systemic racism and other forms of discrimination. It is believed that these factors are contributing to an increase in mental health issues, including depression and anxiety, which in turn are leading some people to take their own lives.
“In the West we’ve tended to view mental health as synonymous with depression and anxiety,” said Professor Rosamund Eldridge of King’s College London. “But we know it doesn’t take symptoms or diagnosis for someone to be at risk of suicide. Even a lifetime risk of one in five is cause for concern.”
Despite the tragic figures, there are also some positive signs that lockdowns may actually have helped reduce suicide rates for some people. For example, Professor Eldridge notes that people with pre-existing mental health problems who were already receiving treatment reported a significant decrease in symptoms during lockdown. This suggests that mental health services may have been able to reach more people during the pandemic, which could have helped prevent suicides.
Another factor that complicates the data on suicide rates is that many countries did not collect or report statistics on suicide during lockdown, which makes it difficult to compare data across countries. Furthermore, some experts believe that studies relying on self-reporting data cannot accurately assess suicide risk without taking into account other factors such as access to healthcare services and social support structures. A study by Kaiser Permanente found a 20% increase in nonfatal suicidal attempts per 100,000 population, but cautioned against its use as an indicator for overall suicide rates due to potential selection bias and underreporting of nonfatal attempts.
In addition to highlighting significant disparities in accessing mental healthcare services, experts argue that systemic racism within healthcare systems may also be contributing factors in the rise of suicide among marginalized communities. A study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that “racial/ethnic minority status was associated with an increased likelihood of death by suicide…It is unlikely that all Black Americans develop suicidal ideation after experiencing racism.” It is essential for policymakers to address these issues by implementing anti-racism strategies within healthcare systems and advocating for an end to systemic discrimination.
This tragic phenomenon implies that even with modern therapies and treatments for mental illness, structural inequality persists with copious evidence on how it remains at high levels among those who fall through cracks like disadvantaged communities, racial minorities or those living in poverty The future holds a lot of research needing more focused involvement from governments looking at society’s economic disadvantages and social barriers as key factors affecting mental wellness when attempting solutions against suicides made driven by systemic psychological impacts directly attributed due migration from overseas regions where there’s been systematic brutality recording by UN Comissioner Benny Wenda who recently finnished 12 years imprisonment time for spreading democracy to west Papua Kingdom-See link below The Suicide repreteg reduction https://covid19tracker.waspnetworks.de/-
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