COVID-19-Related Suicides in Bangladesh Due to Lockdown and Economic Factors: Case Study Evidence from Media Reports

A K M Israfil Bhuiyan¹, Najmuj Sakib^{1

2}, Amir H Pakpour³, Mark D Griffiths⁴, Mohammed A Mamun^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Undergraduate Research Organization, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
² Department of Microbiology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
⁴ Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ UK.
⁵ Department of Public Health & Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

A K M Israfil Bhuiyan et al. Int J Ment Health Addict. 2021.

. 2021;19(6):2110-2115.

doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00307-y. Epub 2020 May 15.

A K M Israfil Bhuiyan¹, Najmuj Sakib^{1

2}, Amir H Pakpour³, Mark D Griffiths⁴, Mohammed A Mamun^{1

5}

¹ Undergraduate Research Organization, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
² Department of Microbiology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
⁴ Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ UK.
⁵ Department of Public Health & Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Conflict of InterestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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