Samantha Tang1*
Natalie M. Reily1
Andrew F. Arena1
Philip J. Batterham2
Alison L. Calear2
Gregory L. Carter3
Andrew J. Mackinnon1
Helen Christensen1- 1Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- 2Centre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- 3School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
A corrigendum on
People who die by suicide without receiving mental health services: a systematic review
by Tang, S., Reily, N. M., Arena, A. F., Batterham, P. J., Calear, A. L., Carter, G. L., Mackinnon, A. J., and Christensen, H. (2022). Front. Public Health 9:736948. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.736948
In the published article, there was an error made in the Abstract and Introduction regarding the prevalence of mental health service use prior to suicide. In the Abstract the sentence previously stated that:
“The majority of people who die by suicide have never seen a mental health professional or been diagnosed with a mental illness.”
The corrected sentence appears below:
“The majority of people who die by suicide have not had contact with mental health professionals in the year prior to death.”
Further, in the first paragraph of the Introduction the sentence previously stated:
“Notably, over two-thirds of individuals who die from suicide do not receive professional mental health support.”
The corrected sentence appears below:
“Notably, over two-thirds of individuals who die from suicide do not receive professional mental health support (including seeing a general practitioner or mental health professional for mental health or substance use reasons) in the year prior to death.”
The original article has been updated.
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Keywords: suicide, systematic review, healthcare utilization, coronial data, mental health services
Citation: Tang S, Reily NM, Arena AF, Batterham PJ, Calear AL, Carter GL, Mackinnon AJ and Christensen H (2025) Corrigendum: People who die by suicide without receiving mental health services: a systematic review. Front. Public Health 13:1623622. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1623622
Received: 06 May 2025; Accepted: 29 May 2025;
Published: 27 June 2025.
Edited and reviewed by: Marinos Kyriakopoulos, King's College London, United Kingdom
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*Correspondence: Samantha Tang, c2FtYW50aGEudGFuZ0BibGFja2RvZy5vcmcuYXU=