Self-harm and overdose rates in young people dropped during the pandemic in Canada

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Canadian young people were less likely to be hospitalised for self-harm or overdose in the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic than in the two years before the virus hit, according to international research. The team looked at hospital presentations among a cohort of nearly 1.7 million young adults during the two time periods, and found the rates of self-harm and overdose were lower during the period of April 2020 to June 2021 than before the pandemic.

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Organisation/s: St Michael’s Hospital, Canada

Funder: This study was funded by a grant from the Ontario Academic Health Sciences Centre AFP Innovation Fund. This study was also supported by ICES, which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC). This study also received funding the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Dr Austin is supported by a Mid-Career Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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