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cord-257273-itefsyv4	Jefsen, O. H.	COVID‐19‐related self‐harm and suicidality among individuals with mental disorders	2020-07-30		.txt	text/plain	830	58	53	H.; Rohde, C.; Nørremark, B.; Østergaard, S. describe how the COVID-19 pandemic may affect mental health and psychiatric care, and predict that suicide rates may increase because of the pandemic. 5 One of the most severe manifestations of pandemic-related psychopathology was self-harm/suicidality, which was described in 102 clinical notes from 74 patients. This effort was approved by the Chief Medical Officer of Psychiatry in the CDR as part of a quality development project ('COVID-19 and mental disorders') aiming at optimizing the detection and care of patients with pandemic-related psychopathology. 3 Although we have no knowledge of the counterfactual (how these patients would have fared without the pandemic), our results seem compatible with the COVID-19 crisis leading to increased self-harm/suicidality in individuals with mental disorders, thereby corroborating the concern expressed by Madsen et al. Psychiatric symptoms related to the COVID-19 pandemic	./cache/cord-257273-itefsyv4.txt	./txt/cord-257273-itefsyv4.txt