Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Asian J Psychiatr. 2021 Dec;66:102858. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102858. Epub 2021 Sep 11.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the health and wellbeing of communities worldwide. Measures to limit transmission, have enhanced vulnerability of individuals to well identified risk factors associated with mental illness and suicide. These include a sense of loneliness, anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD, harmful alcohol and drug use. Given that the potential for increased rates of suicide persist, the suicide prevention agenda remains urgent and essential. The same is one of the cornerstones of resilience in a society that is facing an array of challenges due to the pandemic. In this article, we recommend few possible strategies for attenuating suicide risk amidst the COVID-19 pandemic with particular relevance to the Indian context.
正在持续的 COVID-19 大流行已经影响了全球社区的健康和福祉。为了限制传播而采取的措施，增加了个人易患与精神疾病和自杀相关的明确风险因素的脆弱性。这些因素包括孤独感、焦虑、抑郁、失眠、创伤后应激障碍、有害的酒精和药物使用。鉴于自杀率上升的可能性仍然存在，预防自杀的议程仍然紧迫和必要。这也是社会弹性的基石之一，因为社会正面临着由于大流行带来的一系列挑战。在本文中，我们建议了一些在 COVID-19 大流行期间减轻自杀风险的可能策略，这些策略特别与印度的情况有关。
