Repeated celebrity suicide in India during COVID-19 crisis: An urgent call for attention

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102382

. 2020 Oct:53:102382.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102382. Epub 2020 Aug 27.

Repeated celebrity suicide in India during COVID-19 crisis: An urgent call for attention

Sujita Kumar Kar¹, S M Yasir Arafat², Ramdas Ransing³, Vikas Menon⁴, Susanta Kumar Padhy⁵, Pawan Sharma⁶, Marthoenis Marthoenis⁷

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¹ Department of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
² Department of Psychiatry, Enam Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, 1340, Bangladesh. Electronic address: arafatdmc62@gmail.com.
³ Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walalwalkar Rural Medical College, Ratnagiri, 415606, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 605006, India.
⁵ Additional Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 751019, India.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Nursing, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, 23111, Indonesia.

PMID: 32882671
PMCID: PMC7451094
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102382

Repeated celebrity suicide in India during COVID-19 crisis: An urgent call for attention

Sujita Kumar Kar et al. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct:53:102382.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102382. Epub 2020 Aug 27.

Authors

Sujita Kumar Kar¹, S M Yasir Arafat², Ramdas Ransing³, Vikas Menon⁴, Susanta Kumar Padhy⁵, Pawan Sharma⁶, Marthoenis Marthoenis⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
² Department of Psychiatry, Enam Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, 1340, Bangladesh. Electronic address: arafatdmc62@gmail.com.
³ Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walalwalkar Rural Medical College, Ratnagiri, 415606, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 605006, India.
⁵ Additional Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 751019, India.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Nursing, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, 23111, Indonesia.

PMID: 32882671
PMCID: PMC7451094
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102382

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[1] Driessens O. Expanding celebrity studies’ research agenda: theoretical opportunities and methodological challenges in interviewing celebrities. Celebr. Stud. 2015;6:192–205.

[2] Driessens O. Expanding celebrity studies’ research agenda: theoretical opportunities and methodological challenges in interviewing celebrities. Celebr. Stud. 2015;6:192–205.

[3] Dsouza D.D., Quadros S., Hyderabadwala Z.J., Mamun M.A. Aggregated COVID-19 suicide incidences in India: fear of COVID-19 infection is the prominent causative factor. Psychiatry Res. 2020:113145. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Dsouza D.D., Quadros S., Hyderabadwala Z.J., Mamun M.A. Aggregated COVID-19 suicide incidences in India: fear of COVID-19 infection is the prominent causative factor. Psychiatry Res. 2020:113145. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Fu K., Yip P.S. Estimating the risk for suicide following the suicide deaths of 3 Asian entertainment celebrities: a meta-analytic approach. J. Clin. Psychiatry. 2009;70:869. - PubMed

[6] Fu K., Yip P.S. Estimating the risk for suicide following the suicide deaths of 3 Asian entertainment celebrities: a meta-analytic approach. J. Clin. Psychiatry. 2009;70:869. - PubMed

[7] Kar S.K., Yasir Arafat S.M., Kabir R., Sharma P., Saxena S.K. Coping with mental health challenges during COVID-19. Coronavirus Dis. 2019 COVID-19. 2020:199–213. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-4814-7_16. - DOI

[8] Kar S.K., Yasir Arafat S.M., Kabir R., Sharma P., Saxena S.K. Coping with mental health challenges during COVID-19. Coronavirus Dis. 2019 COVID-19. 2020:199–213. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-4814-7_16. - DOI

[9] Kumar V. Decomposed Bodies Found After Neighbours Complained of Foul Smell. 2020. TV actors commit suicide in Chennai.

[10] Kumar V. Decomposed Bodies Found After Neighbours Complained of Foul Smell. 2020. TV actors commit suicide in Chennai.

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