Ganesan Balasankar, Al-Jumaily Adel, Fong Kenneth N K, Prasad Palak, Meena Surendra Kumar, Tong Raymond Kai-Yu
Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia.
Front Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 16;12:565190. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.565190. eCollection 2021.
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has made a huge impact on people's physical and mental health, and it remains a cause of death for many all over the world. To prevent the spread of coronavirus infection, different types of public health measures (social isolation, quarantine, lockdowns, and curfews) have been imposed by governments. However, mental health experts warn that the prolonged lockdown, quarantine, or isolation will create a "second pandemic" with severe mental health issues and suicides. The quarantined or isolated people may suffer from various issues such as physical inactivity, mental health, economic and social problems. As with the SARS outbreak in 2003, many suicide cases have been reported in connection with this current COVID-19 pandemic lockdown due to various factors such as social stigma, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, fear of COVID infection, loneliness, and other mental health issues. This paper provides an overview of risk factors that can cause suicide and outlines possible solutions to prevent suicide in this current COVID-19 pandemic.
新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行对人们的身心健康产生了巨大影响，并且在世界各地仍是许多人的死因。为防止冠状病毒感染传播，各国政府实施了不同类型的公共卫生措施（社会隔离、检疫、封锁和宵禁）。然而，心理健康专家警告称，长期的封锁、检疫或隔离将引发一场带有严重心理健康问题和自杀现象的“第二波大流行”。被隔离或孤立的人可能会遭遇各种问题，如身体活动不足、心理健康、经济和社会问题。与2003年非典疫情一样，由于社会污名、酒精戒断综合征、对COVID感染的恐惧、孤独以及其他心理健康问题等各种因素，此次COVID-19大流行封锁期间也报告了许多自杀案例。本文概述了可能导致自杀的风险因素，并概述了在当前COVID-19大流行中预防自杀的可能解决方案。
