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Article content An international study that shows a 26-per-cent decline in B.C.’s suicide rate during the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic must be viewed carefully, say experts who fear the pandemic’s worst impacts on mental health have yet to be seen. It is not uncommon for suicide rates to decrease in the face of challenging situations, only to be followed by an uptick later, said Emily Jenkins, an assistant professor in the University of B.C.’s School of Nursing. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or B.C. suicide rate declined 26 per cent in first eight months of COVID pandemic Back to video ....
email article Deaths from suicide either stayed the same or dropped in 21 high- and upper-middle-income countries, including a handful of American states, in the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with expected levels, according to an analysis of preliminary data. In fact, in 12 countries or areas, there was statistical evidence of a decrease from what was expected based on pre-pandemic years, reported Jane Pirkis, PhD, director of the Centre for Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and colleagues. The 12 areas that saw a decrease in suicides were California, Illinois, and Texas in the U.S.; New South Wales, Australia; Alberta and British Columbia, Canada; Chile; Leipzig, Germany; Japan; New Zealand; South Korea; and Ecuador, they noted in ....
Inside Frank Plummer’s brain The legendary scientist turned to highly experimental deep brain stimulation to treat his own alcoholism. He’d devoted his whole life to science, he joked. Why not his brain, too? The research he took part in is revolutionizing how we treat the world’s most stigmatized illnesses. January 26, 2021 Plummer was a leading expert in infectious diseases; his death is a significant loss for Canada as we navigate this pandemic, says Kennelly (John Woods/CP) The first time Jo Kennelly met Frank Plummer, she barely noticed him. It was 2006. She was the Ottawa-based policy director to Tony Clement, then the federal minister of health, and she and Clement were in Toronto attending the International AIDS Conference as Canada’s representatives. Plummer, scientific director of Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Lab and one of the world’s top experts in infectious diseases, was the scientist assigned to the federal team. But Kennelly, a ....