TY - JOUR T1 - Association between suicide behaviours in children and adolescents and the COVID-19 lockdown in Paris, France: a retrospective observational study JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 918 LP - 919 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320628 VL - 106 IS - 9 AU - Maymouna Mourouvaye AU - Hugo Bottemanne AU - Guillaume Bonny AU - Lola Fourcade AU - Francois Angoulvant AU - Jérémie F Cohen AU - Lisa Ouss Y1 - 2021/09/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/106/9/918.abstract N2 - This retrospective observational study conducted in Necker Hospital for Sick Children, France (January 2018–June 2020) evaluated a potential temporal association between admissions for suicide behaviours in children and adolescents and the national COVID-19 lockdown (March–May 2020). During the study period, 234 patients were admitted for suicide behaviours (28% male; mean age 13.4 years). Using Poisson regression, we found a significant decrease in the incidence of admissions for suicide behaviour during the lockdown (adjusted incidence rate ratio: 0.46; 95% CI 0.24 to 0.86). This association might result from reduced help-seeking and decreased hospital admission rates during the lockdown, as well as cognitive and environmental factors. Further multicentre studies should be conducted to confirm these findings and investigate whether a compensatory rise in admissions for suicide behaviour occurred in the postlockdown period.All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. Data concern number of patients admitted for suicidal behavior without any identified participant. ER -