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cord-293816-f86oo734	Hughes, H.	Uncomfortably numb: suicide and the psychological undercurrent of COVID-19	2020-05-21		.txt	text/plain	961	69	63	The uncertainty and unpredictability associated with COVID-19 has created a parallel pandemic of fear, anxiety and distress (Ammerman et al., 2020 , Yao et al. Research from China has demonstrated heightened rates of psychological distress attributable to COVID-19 (Yao et al. However, the correlation between epidemics, mental health and suicide is not a new revelation. Furthermore, illness-imposed quarantining has been associated with detrimental mental-health ramifications for those who must endure it (Brooks et al. While COVID-19 alone may not be the sole impetus for suicidality, the associated social disconnection, physical isolation and routine disruption may be a pernicious cocktail of risk factors (Ammerman et al. According to recent research from the United States, 45% of individuals with suicidal ideation explicitly linked their thoughts to COVID-19 (Ammerman et al. Preliminary investigation of the association between COVID-19 and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in the Mental Health and COVID-19: Information and Resources Patients with mental health disorders in the COVID-19 epidemic	./cache/cord-293816-f86oo734.txt	./txt/cord-293816-f86oo734.txt