Chowdhury Arabinda N, Roy Suchismita, Brahma Arabinda
Consultant Psychiatrist, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, UK.
Visiting Faculty, Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2022 Jul-Aug;64(4):418-422. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_997_21. Epub 2022 Jul 13.
COVID-19 lockdown enforced distressed reverse migration in Sundarban, which caused an unprecedented population addition to the already devastated fragile Sundarban ecosystem. Acute poverty and food crisis prompted many migrants to explore forest-based living, thus enhancing fatal human-tiger conflicts. Families of deceased migrants face significant mental health trauma and catastrophic psychosocial consequences.
新冠疫情封锁措施导致孙德尔本斯地区出现痛苦的反向迁移,这给本已遭到破坏的脆弱孙德尔本斯生态系统带来了前所未有的人口增加。严重的贫困和粮食危机促使许多移民探索以森林为生的方式,从而加剧了致命的人虎冲突。已故移民的家人面临着重大的心理健康创伤和灾难性的社会心理后果。