Has COVID-19 affected suicides among graduate students in Japan?

Affiliations

• ¹ Health Support Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8503, Japan. Electronic address: marutani.t.aa@m.titech.ac.jp.
• ² University Health Center, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito, Ibaraki, 310-8512, Japan.
• ³ Department of Disaster and Community Psychiatry, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.
• ⁴ Health Services, Kyoto University, Yoshidahonmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
• ⁵ Health and Medical Services Center, Shiga University, 1-1-1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga, 522-8522, Japan.
• ⁶ Health and Counseling Center, Osaka University, 1-17 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
• ⁷ Health Support Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan.