Longer COVID School Closures Linked to Youth Suicidality, Research Finds, Doctors Echo

Texas, which had more in-person education from 2020 to 2022, had lower rates of emergency department youth suicidality visits than Massachusetts.

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Longer COVID school closures were associated with more emergency department visits for attempted suicide or a suspected attempt, a research letter has found.

The report, published on JAMA Network Open on Nov. 10, was led by researchers from the University of Massachusetts’ Chan Medical School.