Article content Being admitted to an intensive care unit increases a person’s later risk of suicide and self-harm, according to a newly published paper from Ottawa researchers. While the overall risk of suicide and self-harm among ICU survivors is low, the findings have important implications during a pandemic that has put record numbers of people in intensive care, the study’s authors say. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or ICU survivors are at a higher risk for suicide and self-harm, new research shows Back to video The study, which was published this week in the British Medical Journal, found that ICU survivors had a 22 per cent higher risk of suicide than discharged hospital patients who had not been in ICU. It also found ICU survivors had a 15 per cent greater risk of self-harm than non-ICU hospital patients.