Suicide rates in Germany in lockdown and non-lockdown phases during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/2021

• Anne Elsner ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: anne.elsner@deutsche-depressionshilfe.de

  Affiliation German Foundation for Depression and Suicide Prevention, Leipzig, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8761-7369

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• Roland Mergl,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Institute of Psychology, Neubiberg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2829-6283

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• Antje-Kathrin Allgaier,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Institute of Psychology, Neubiberg, Germany

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• Ulrich Hegerl

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations German Foundation for Depression and Suicide Prevention, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt (Goethe Research Professorship), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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