ArticlePCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences2025
Increased suicide-related behaviors, challenging behaviors, and anxiety symptoms in elementary and junior high school students after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A single-center case-control study.
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- Increased suicide-related behaviors, challenging behaviors, and anxiety symptoms in elementary and junior high school students after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A single-center case-control study.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
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Aim: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant psychological impact on children and adolescents, increasing depression, anxiety, and suicide-related behaviors. In Japan, suicide remained the leading cause of death among individuals aged 10-19 years, with rates rising after the pandemic onset. However, few studies have examined these changes in psychiatric outpatient settings. We aimed to determine whether the prevalence of suicide-related behaviors and associated psychiatric symptoms-depression and anxiety-differed pre- and post-pandemic among elementary and junior high school students attending psychiatric outpatient clinics. Methods: In this retrospective case Results: Between 2016 and 2022, 2878 patients were included. The prevalence of suicide-related behaviors increased post-pandemic, from 3.0% to 6.9% among elementary school students and from 15.5% to 21.2% among junior high school students. In the post-COVID-19 group, elementary students more often exhibited antisocial behaviors and hyperactivity/conduct disorder diagnoses. Junior high students more often exhibited anxiety symptoms, particularly social anxiety, panic, and trauma-related fear. Conclusion: Suicide-related behaviors significantly increased after the COVID-19 pandemic, with distinct clinical characteristics observed across age groups.
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