Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on natural mortality, suicide and self-harm in people with a history of mental illness: A retrospective cohort study using data from national health registries (NU22-D-146)

Basic informations

Investigator: PhDr. Petr Winkler, Ph.D.
Main recipient: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (ÚZIS) 
Spolupříjemce: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Reseasrch period: 1/4/2022 - 31/12/2023
Total budget: 3,572,000 CZK
NIMH budget: 2,878,000 CZK
Supported by: Czech Health Research Council (AZV ČR)

Annotation

The project focuses on identifying the risk of mortality, suicide and self-harm in people with mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project uses data from national health registers managed by the Institute of Health Information and Statistics (primary researcher of the project).