Aggregated COVID-19 suicide incidences in India: Fear of COVID-19 infection is the prominent causative factor
Document Type
Letter to the Editor
Publication Title
Psychiatry Research
Abstract
Many Indian COVID-19 suicide cases are turning the press-media attention and flooding in the social media platforms although, no particular studies assessed the COVID-19 suicide causative factors to a large extent. Therefore, the present study presents 69 COVID-19 suicide cases (aged 19 to 65 years; 63 cases were males). The suicide causalities are included as follows – fear of COVID-19 infection (n=21), followed by financial crisis (n=19), loneliness, social boycott and pressure to be quarantine, COVID-19 positive, COVID-19 work-related stress, unable to come back home due to lockdown, unavailability of alcohol etc. Considering the extreme psychological impacts related to COVID-19, there emerges a need for countrywide extensive tele-mental health care services.
DOI
10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113145
Publication Date
8-1-2020
Recommended Citation
Dsouza, Deena Dimple; Quadros, Shalini; Hyderabadwala, Zainab Juzer; and Mamun, Mohammed A., "Aggregated COVID-19 suicide incidences in India: Fear of COVID-19 infection is the prominent causative factor" (2020). Open Access archive. 1342.
https://impressions.manipal.edu/open-access-archive/1342
