@article{ref1,
title="Suicide and resilience-related Google searches during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic",
journal="Journal of affective disorders",
year="2022",
author="Sinyor, Mark and Roberts, Leo and Spittal, Matthew J. and Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Online searches related to suicide may sometimes be an early proxy indicator for behavioural outcomes. We used interrupted time series regression analyses to examine changes in suicide and resilience-related Google searches worldwide and in the United States during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Searches for the word &quot;suicide&quot; were unchanged worldwide (-1%; 95%CI, -12%-11%) and in the US (-7%; 95%CI, -15%-2%) with decreased searches for &quot;suicide methods&quot; and increased searches for &quot;how to kill yourself&quot; and for resilience-related terms. This study provides potential evidence that suicides may not increase worldwide during the first year of the pandemic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0327",
doi="10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.021",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.021"
}