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Real-time emotional distress during a national trauma: Changes in suicidality, depression, and loneliness among helpline users in the aftermath of October 7, 2023 terror attack in Israel.
Meytal Grimland, Joy Benatov, Yael Segal-Elbak, Noam Munz, Yarden Itzhaky, Avi Segal, Loona Ben Dayan, Inbar Shenfeld, Kobi Gal, Yossi Levi-Belz
Published: 202610.1016/j.psychres.2025.116911
Abstract
IMPORTANCE: Digital chat-based helplines provide a real-time view of population distress during mass trauma. Few studies have tracked how suicidality, depression, and loneliness evolve when crisis strikes. OBJECTIVE: To quantify help-seeking for suic…
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