COVID-19 and suicides in India: A pilot study of reports in the media and scientific literature

BACKGROUND: Our objective was to analyze reports of COVID-19 related suicides (CRS) to identify associated factors with a broader goal to inform management and prevention strategies. METHODS: We searched scientific literature, government websites and online newspaper reports in English and nine regi...

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Autores principales: Panigrahi, Mahima, Pattnaik, Jigyansa Ipsita, Padhy, Susanta Kumar, Menon, Vikas, Patra, Suravi, Rina, Kumari, Padhy, Subhransu Sekhar, Patro, Binod
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7804380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33465521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102560
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author Panigrahi, Mahima
Pattnaik, Jigyansa Ipsita
Padhy, Susanta Kumar
Menon, Vikas
Patra, Suravi
Rina, Kumari
Padhy, Subhransu Sekhar
Patro, Binod
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description BACKGROUND: Our objective was to analyze reports of COVID-19 related suicides (CRS) to identify associated factors with a broader goal to inform management and prevention strategies. METHODS: We searched scientific literature, government websites and online newspaper reports in English and nine regional languages to identify relevant CRS reports. RESULTS: A total of 151 CRS reports were retrieved. CRS was more frequently reported among males (80.8%), those whose COVID status was unknown (48.0%), and those in quarantine/isolation (49.0%). CONCLUSION: The above findings may assist identification of at-risk individuals for COVID-19 related suicidal behavior.
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spelling pubmed-78043802021-01-13 COVID-19 and suicides in India: A pilot study of reports in the media and scientific literature Panigrahi, Mahima Pattnaik, Jigyansa Ipsita Padhy, Susanta Kumar Menon, Vikas Patra, Suravi Rina, Kumari Padhy, Subhransu Sekhar Patro, Binod Asian J Psychiatr Article BACKGROUND: Our objective was to analyze reports of COVID-19 related suicides (CRS) to identify associated factors with a broader goal to inform management and prevention strategies. METHODS: We searched scientific literature, government websites and online newspaper reports in English and nine regional languages to identify relevant CRS reports. RESULTS: A total of 151 CRS reports were retrieved. CRS was more frequently reported among males (80.8%), those whose COVID status was unknown (48.0%), and those in quarantine/isolation (49.0%). CONCLUSION: The above findings may assist identification of at-risk individuals for COVID-19 related suicidal behavior. Elsevier B.V. 2021-03 2021-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7804380/ /pubmed/33465521 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102560 Text en © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Patro, Binod
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7804380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33465521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102560
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