Fear of COVID 2019: First suicidal case in India !

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.101989

Case Reports

. 2020 Mar:49:101989.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.101989. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

Fear of COVID 2019: First suicidal case in India !

Kapil Goyal¹, Poonam Chauhan², Komal Chhikara³, Parakriti Gupta⁴, Mini P Singh⁵

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¹ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: kapilgoyalpgi@gmail.com.
² Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: chauhan.poonamk@gmail.com.
³ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: dimpichhikara@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: parakritii@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: minipsingh@gmail.com.

PMID: 32143142
PMCID: PMC7130010
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.101989

Case Reports

Fear of COVID 2019: First suicidal case in India !

Kapil Goyal et al. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar:49:101989.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.101989. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

Authors

Kapil Goyal¹, Poonam Chauhan², Komal Chhikara³, Parakriti Gupta⁴, Mini P Singh⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: kapilgoyalpgi@gmail.com.
² Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: chauhan.poonamk@gmail.com.
³ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: dimpichhikara@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: parakritii@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: minipsingh@gmail.com.

PMID: 32143142
PMCID: PMC7130010
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.101989

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