Tag: COVID-19

  • Did COVID-19 lead to a spike in “deaths of despair”?

    Did COVID-19 lead to a spike in “deaths of despair”?

    Prior studies of “deaths of despair”(DOD) have documented this trend in the U.S. but not in Western European nations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns were raised about potential spikes in suicide and drug abuse rates due to social isolation, job loss, economic insecurity, and inaccessibility of services. The authors of this study used pandemic data…