ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2021
How Does COVID-19 Affect the Neurobiology of Suicide?
Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Longitudinal Study on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, and Depression Among Medical Staff in China.Health care science · 2026Article
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- Hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2 and the risk of self-harm readmission: a French nationwide retrospective cohort study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Article
- Suicide, neuroinflammation and other physiological alterations.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Review
- Suicide risk in patients with a current depressive episode during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and burnout in nursing home staff in South France during the COVID-19 pandemic.Translational psychiatry · 2023Article
- Biological Factors Underpinning Suicidal Behaviour: An Update.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Changes in the pattern of suicides and suicide attempt admissions in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Psychiatric Sequelae: A Review of Neuroendocrine Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Young COVID-19 Patients Show a Higher Degree of Microglial Activation When Compared to Controls.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Suicidal Behavior in the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- Suicidality and COVID-19: Suicidal ideation, suicidal behaviors and completed suicides amidst the COVID-19 pandemic (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Review
- Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for people with bipolar disorders: A scoping review.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
- How Did COVID-19 Affect Suicidality? Data from a Multicentric Study in Lombardy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Psychosocial Correlates of Suicidal Behavior among Adolescents under Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Aguascalientes, Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Population Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe aim of this review was to analyze COVID-19 effect on the biological features of suicidal vulnerability and its interaction with suicide-related biological pathways. We carried out a narrative review of international publications on the interactions of COVID-19 with the biological bases of suicide. RECENT
findingsWe hypothesize that SARS-CoV-2 interacts with multiple biological processes that underlie suicidal behavior, such as the renin-angiotensin system, nicotinic receptors, and central and systemic inflammation. Social distancing measures may also worsen subjective or objective social disconnection, thus increasing the risk of suicide. Interestingly, the drugs used to prevent suicide could be promising options to counteract brain damage caused by this coronavirus. SARS-CoV-2 interacts with multiple biological pathways involved in suicide and opens a new window for understanding the suicidal process. The development of suicide prevention treatments in the context of a pandemic may benefit from knowledge on these interactions.
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