ReviewPsychiatry research2021
'The dual pandemic' of suicide and COVID-19: A biopsychosocial narrative of risks and prevention.
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- Systematic Review of Socio-Emotional Values Within Organizations.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
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- Disparities in suicide risk trajectories among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- A Pilot Qualitative Study to Better Understand the Factors Related to Suicides and Inform Public Health Action Across a Predominantly Coastal and Rural Area: Cornwall, Southwest of England.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Muhammadiyah's COVID-19: Combining Islamic, Psychological, and Medical Approach in Indonesia.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Trends and dynamics of homelessness in Hong Kong: evidence from population survey in 2015 and 2021.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Epidemiological trends and determinants of suicide in Iran with insights into the COVID-19 period, 1980-2021.Population health metrics · 2025Article
- Brazilian Clinical Psychologists' Perceptions of Online Psychotherapy for Patients with Suicidal Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Grounded Theory Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Older People at Risk of Suicide: A Local Study During the COVID-19 Confinement Period.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Suicide prevented or delayed? Suicide rates during North Carolina's stay-at-home order.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025Article
- Comparison of bullying victimization and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents before and after the end of the dynamic zero-COVID-19 policy: a repeated cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Suicide Mortality in Brazil: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Changing the way we do things: a qualitative exploration of culture change in clinical care and education before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in an academic health center.Discover health systems · 2025Article
- The effect of COVID-19 on completed suicide rate in Iran: an Interrupted Time Series study (ITS).Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Suicide, neuroinflammation and other physiological alterations.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Review
- Why did peri-pandemic suicide death rates decrease among non-Hispanic white people while increasing among most people of color?Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2024Article
- The impact of the first year of COVID-19 pandemic on suicides in a collection of 27 EU-related countries.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Adolescent suicide risk factors and the integration of social-emotional skills in school-based prevention programs.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Review
37 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a new global health threat. By increasing the risk of isolation, fear, stigma, abuse and economic fallout, COVID-19 has led to increase in risk of psychiatric disorders, chronic trauma and stress, which eventually increase suicidality and suicidal behavior. There is limited data on association of pandemics and suicides. Cases of suicides have been rising since COVID-19 first emerged in China. The association between suicides and pandemics can possibly be explained through various models like Durkheim's theory, Joiner's interpersonal theory, social stress theory, biological theories, etc. The frontline workers, elderly, migrants, homeless, socio-economically impoverished classes as well as those with pre-existing mental disorders, substance abuse and family history of suicides are at higher risk. Suicides are preventable and need early detection, awareness and socio-culturally tailored interventions. This narrative review draws global perspectives on the association of suicidality and pandemics, the theories and risk factors related to same based on the available evidence. It also hypothesizes neuroimmunity and immune based risk factors as possible links between the psychosocial vulnerabilities and suicide during outbreaks like COVID-19. Proposed strategies of suicide-prevention, as an integral part of public health response to the pandemic are subsequently discussed.
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