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Commentary/Perspective

Access a summary of COVID-19 suicide commentary and perspective research papers from Australia and internationally

Suicide prevention in the covid-19 era
Adaptation of evidence-based suicide prevention strategies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Innovations in suicide assessment and prevention during pandemics
Suicide Mortality and Coronavirus Disease 2019—A Perfect Storm?
Keep socially (but not physically) connected and carry on: Preventing suicide in the age of COVID-19
COVID-19: The implications for suicide in older adults
Preventing suicide in rural communities during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Suicidality in children and adolescents: Lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 crisis
Men, suicide, and Covid-19: Critical masculinity analyses and interventions
Suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of insomnia
Quarantine of the Covid-19 pandemic in suicide: A psychological autopsy
The COVID-19 pandemic and treating suicidal risk: The telepsychotherapy use of CAMS
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide rates
Covid-19 and suicide risk in the construction sector: preparing for a perfect storm
Unemployment, suicide, and COVID-19: Using the evidence to plan for prevention
The COVID-19 pandemic and epidemiologic insights from recession-related suicide mortality
Suicide prevention in the COVID-19 era transforming threat into opportunity
Reporting on suicidal behaviour and COVID-19—need for caution
A global call for action to prioritize healthcare worker suicide prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
A decline in Australian suicide during COVID-19? A reflection on the 2020 cause of death statistics in the context of long-term trends
Schools are important for preventing suicide, but more needs to be done
Late-life suicide in an aging world
Letter to the Editor regarding 'What happened to the predicted COVID-19-induced suicide epidemic, and why?'
What happened to the predicted COVID-19-induced suicide epidemic, and why?
Long COVID and the risk of suicide
Post-COVID syndrome and suicide risk
Nurses were at high risk of suicide before the COVID-19 pandemic: Is the worst still to come?

Indigenous

The mental health of those whose rights have been taken away: An essay on the mental health of indigenous peoples in the face of the 2019 Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak
Responding to COVID-19 and beyond: Key recommendations for the effective public and mental health response to support the well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia

Refugees and asylum seekers

Addressing self-harm among detained asylum seekers in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic
A trauma informed response to COVID 19 and the deteriorating mental health of refugees and asylum seekers with insecure status in Australia

Emergency presentations

Impact of Covid-19 physical distancing policies on incidence of intentional self-harm in Western Sydney

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