Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Elsevier BV
Source : Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Url : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103349
Keywords : Covid-19 pandemic, Suicide, Hanging, Autopsy, Psychiatry, Medico-legal issues
Campus : Faridabad
School : School of Medicine
Year : 2023
Abstract : The psyche about the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has got fixed to a level of conviction that committing suicide is directly linked to coronavirus infection. The statistics of suicidal hangings for the pre-Covid-19 and the Covid-19 periods were compared in the Indian capital. The data analysis of the autopsy records showed the absence of temporal association between the incidence rates of suicides between these two periods. The study concludes that there was no net increase in suicide rates in the study population of this lower-middle-income group country during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cite this Research Publication : Satish Kumar Verma, Aditi Verma, Pankaj Malia, Mohit Chauhan, Suicide hangings during pre-Covid-19 and Covid-19 – Myths debunked for the lower-middle-income group countries, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Elsevier BV, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103349