A case of suicide during the 2017 monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria

We report a case of suicide in a 34-year-old businessman who was admitted to an isolation facility in a tertiary hospital during the 2017/2018 monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria. We describe the possible psychosocial factors associated with suicide and highlight the challenges faced and lessons learnt in...

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Autores principales: Ogoina, Dimie, Mohammed, Abdulaziz, Yinka-Ogunleye, Adesola, Ihekweazu, Chikwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9216383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35755463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.04.004
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Sumario:We report a case of suicide in a 34-year-old businessman who was admitted to an isolation facility in a tertiary hospital during the 2017/2018 monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria. We describe the possible psychosocial factors associated with suicide and highlight the challenges faced and lessons learnt in the management of the case. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of suicide linked to human monkeypox.

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