Some news media stories still inaccurately link suicide with the Christmas holiday season. The holiday-suicide myth is the long-perpetuated false claim that the suicide rate rises during the year-end holiday season. In some news coverage through the 2021-22 holidays the holiday-suicide myth persist
among the 12 months. The month with the highest rate of suicides in 2021 was August.
At the same time, the pandemic exacerbated levels of anxiety and depression, particularly among young people. conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics. That compared with 32.1% for the overall U.S. rate during that period.Perpetuating or debunking the holiday-suicide mythacross 23 holiday seasons, from 1999-2000 through 2021-22. In most of those years, more newspaper stories supported the myth than debunked it, as was the case over the 2021-22 holidays.
A December 18, 2021, story in The Winchester Star about suicide prevention help being available year-round, said, “While people may think suicides increase during the holidays, statistics show otherwise.” The story went on to cite CDC monthly suicide data and the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s 2018 findings.
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