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In Maryland, suicides 
for white residents but 
for black residents during early COVID. These are some of the most important data I've seen yet about suicide during the pandemic. Highlights yet another form of social/racial disparity in US. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2774107?guestAccessKey=b487c565-465d-457b-9e8c-18ff054a6a8d&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_content=olf&utm_term=121620
for white residents but for black residents during early COVID. These are some of the most important data I've seen yet about suicide during the pandemic. Highlights yet another form of social/racial disparity in US. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2774107?guestAccessKey=b487c565-465d-457b-9e8c-18ff054a6a8d&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_content=olf&utm_term=121620
These numbers do not mean that MH disorders increased for black residents while decreasing for white residents. That should absolutely not be your takeaway. The takeaway is that social strain affects different groups to different degrees.
The implication here is reducing social disparities as a suicide prevention strategy.
Interesting thread from one of the study authors responding to a critique of the analysis. https://twitter.com/theneurocyclist/status/1340060128029061123
