{"id":11765,"date":"2020-04-17T15:01:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T22:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebulous-oyster.flywheelsites.com\/?p=11765"},"modified":"2020-07-03T13:57:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T20:57:53","slug":"suicide-and-covid-19-isolation-leads-to-loneliness-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennifermargulis.net\/suicide-and-covid-19-isolation-leads-to-loneliness-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobody Wants to Talk About Suicide and COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Suicide

Emily Owen, 19, was rushed to the hospital after attempting suicide. She died three days later after the difficult decision was made to take her off life support. Photo via JustGiving.com.<\/p><\/div>\n

Suicide is never a comfortable topic.<\/strong> When I wrote about it recently for Jefferson Public Radio<\/a>, my editors were worried: Would highlighting the fact that suicide has been on the rise nationwide<\/a>, help people or hurt them? Does talking about suicide encourage more people to try to take their own lives?<\/p>\n

Talking about COVID-19 and suicide is even harder<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re in the midst of a global pandemic<\/a>. As many as 22,000<\/a> people may have already died in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut from coronavirus. Much of the world remains in lockdown<\/a>. But as fears of COVID-19 continue, our country is facing another threat: isolating people, especially young people, may be causing more suicides and suicide attempts.<\/p>\n

Consider this:<\/p>\n