Increased ambulance attendances related to suicide and self-injury in response to the pandemic in Australia

Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2023 Jan;57(1):140-142. doi: 10.1177/00048674221121090. Epub 2022 Sep 3.

Authors

James John^{1

2}, Ei Phyu Synn¹, Teresa Winata^{1

2}, Valsamma Eapen^{1

2}, Ping-I Lin^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry Services, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, NSW, Australia.
³ Department of Mental Health, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Ambulances
Australia / epidemiology
Humans
Pandemics
Retrospective Studies
Self-Injurious Behavior* / epidemiology
Suicide*