@article{ref1,
title="Aggregated COVID-19 suicide incidences in India: fear of COVID-19 infection is the prominent causative factor",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2020",
author="Dsouza, Deena Dimple and Quadros, Shalini and Hyderabadwala, Zainab Juzer and Mamun, Mohammed A.",
volume="290",
number="",
pages="e113145-e113145",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113145",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113145"
}