COVID-Related suicide during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India: A tip of the iceberg of mental health problems
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has influenced the entire world. There has been great surge of mental health problems after the pandemic has started. The second wave has almost exhausted the Indian Health care system. There has also been cases of suicide due to COVID-19 infection. The ob...
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| description | The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has influenced the entire world. There has been great surge of mental health problems after the pandemic has started. The second wave has almost exhausted the Indian Health care system. There has also been cases of suicide due to COVID-19 infection. The objective of study was to highlight various factors involved in COVID-19 related suicide (CRS) during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India. CRS reports on the websites of 10 popular newspapers and television news channels in North India and official government websites such as the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were searched between February 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021. We also searched the Medline and Google Scholar databases for CRS reports from India using the terms “corona”, “COVID-19”, “SARS CoV 2”, “India”, and “suicide” in various combinations. A total of 62 articles were included for the study. Most common mode of suicide was hanging and most common site was the deceased's home. Fear of infecting family members was the most common cause of CRS during second wave of the ongoing pandemic in India. Many individuals lost their lives to suicide due to COVID-19 pandemic. The media report does not provide the exact picture of community suicide. Proper physician counselling at the time of providing treatment can help in reducing few CRS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72ad72f2fec94375b8bd6610dcf657cc2022-12-22T04:12:32ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632022-01-011184159416710.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1517_21COVID-Related suicide during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India: A tip of the iceberg of mental health problemsNishat Ahmed SheikhAbhimanyu VasudevaRicha TripathiThe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has influenced the entire world. There has been great surge of mental health problems after the pandemic has started. The second wave has almost exhausted the Indian Health care system. There has also been cases of suicide due to COVID-19 infection. The objective of study was to highlight various factors involved in COVID-19 related suicide (CRS) during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India. CRS reports on the websites of 10 popular newspapers and television news channels in North India and official government websites such as the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were searched between February 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021. We also searched the Medline and Google Scholar databases for CRS reports from India using the terms “corona”, “COVID-19”, “SARS CoV 2”, “India”, and “suicide” in various combinations. A total of 62 articles were included for the study. Most common mode of suicide was hanging and most common site was the deceased's home. Fear of infecting family members was the most common cause of CRS during second wave of the ongoing pandemic in India. Many individuals lost their lives to suicide due to COVID-19 pandemic. The media report does not provide the exact picture of community suicide. Proper physician counselling at the time of providing treatment can help in reducing few CRS.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2022;volume=11;issue=8;spage=4159;epage=4167;aulast=Sheikhcovid-19fearpandemicreportssuicide |
| spellingShingle | Nishat Ahmed Sheikh Abhimanyu Vasudeva Richa Tripathi COVID-Related suicide during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India: A tip of the iceberg of mental health problems Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care covid-19 fear pandemic reports suicide |
| title | COVID-Related suicide during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India: A tip of the iceberg of mental health problems |
| title_full | COVID-Related suicide during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India: A tip of the iceberg of mental health problems |
| title_fullStr | COVID-Related suicide during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India: A tip of the iceberg of mental health problems |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-Related suicide during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India: A tip of the iceberg of mental health problems |
| title_short | COVID-Related suicide during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India: A tip of the iceberg of mental health problems |
| title_sort | covid related suicide during the second wave of covid 19 pandemic in india a tip of the iceberg of mental health problems |
| topic | covid-19 fear pandemic reports suicide |
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