[scarmig]

It'd be interesting if the quarantine from the coronavirus has also quarantined us from the ravages and stresses of day to day life, leading to improved cardiovascular outcomes.

I'd be curious about suicide statistics as well--would they be going up or down right now?

[Trasmatta]

Anecdotally, I feel like stress has gone way up for most people, not down. Not sure it's that's true or not on the larger scale, but it definitely seems true for me and most of the people I know.

[scarmig]

Interesting. For me, it's involved a sharp decrease in stress, though that's overlapped with quitting my job and having a substantial financial cushion.

[6nf]

Millions of people are out of a job and nobody is hiring. You have to recognise that your situation is much more fortunate than most.

[Trasmatta]

That's a pretty rare situation to be in.

[6nf]

Suicide helpline calls are up about 50% from early reports.

[exmadscientist]

Suicides are definitely up, though I haven't been able to find numbers.

This lockdown is very hard on many people's mental health.

[downerending]

It's early days, but I suspect suicides will approach actual COVID-19 deaths in the end, at least in places and cultures where suicide is "acceptable". Even the most stable will have trouble with financial ruin and watching their children go hungry, and most of the newly jobless are not that stable.

[downerending]

Just this morning saw mention of an Australian study indicating that the excess suicide count was projected to be 10x that of COVID-19 deaths.