COVID-19 suicidal behavior among couples and suicide pacts: Case study evidence from press reports

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. 2020 Jul:289:113105.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113105. Epub 2020 May 16.

COVID-19 suicidal behavior among couples and suicide pacts: Case study evidence from press reports

Mark D Griffiths¹, Mohammed A Mamun²

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¹ Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK.
² Department of Public Health & Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Undergraduate Research Organization, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Electronic address: mamunphi46@gmail.com.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113105

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COVID-19 suicidal behavior among couples and suicide pacts: Case study evidence from press reports

Mark D Griffiths et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul:289:113105.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113105. Epub 2020 May 16.

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Mark D Griffiths¹, Mohammed A Mamun²

Affiliations

¹ Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK.
² Department of Public Health & Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Undergraduate Research Organization, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Electronic address: mamunphi46@gmail.com.

PMID: 33242807
PMCID: PMC7229970
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113105

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Keywords: COVID-19 psychological impacts; COVID-19 suicide; Coronavirus suicide; Couple suicide; Suicide pact.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors of the paper do not have any conflict of interest. The authors involved in this research communication do not have any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work.

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[1] Ahorsu D.K., Lin C.-Y., Imani V., Saffari M., Griffiths M.D., Pakpour A.H. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: development and initial validation. Int. J. Mental Health Addict. 2020 doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8. Epub ahead of print. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Ahorsu D.K., Lin C.-Y., Imani V., Saffari M., Griffiths M.D., Pakpour A.H. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: development and initial validation. Int. J. Mental Health Addict. 2020 doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8. Epub ahead of print. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Bhuiyan A.K.M.I., Sakib N., Pakpour A.H., Griffiths M.D., Mamun M.A. COVID-19- related suicides in Bangladesh due to lockdown and economic factors: Case study evidence from media reports. Int. J. Mental Health Addict. 2020 doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00307-y. Epub ahead of print. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Bhuiyan A.K.M.I., Sakib N., Pakpour A.H., Griffiths M.D., Mamun M.A. COVID-19- related suicides in Bangladesh due to lockdown and economic factors: Case study evidence from media reports. Int. J. Mental Health Addict. 2020 doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00307-y. Epub ahead of print. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Cheung Y.T., Chau P.H., Yip P.S.F. A revisit on older adults suicides and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in Hong Kong. Int. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry. 2008;23:1231–1238. - PubMed

[6] Cheung Y.T., Chau P.H., Yip P.S.F. A revisit on older adults suicides and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in Hong Kong. Int. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry. 2008;23:1231–1238. - PubMed

[7] Dsouza, D.D., Quadros, S., Hyderabadwala, Z.J., & Mamun, M.A. (2020). Aggregated COVID-19 suicide incidences in India: fear of COVID-19 infection is the prominent causative factor. PsyArXiv, Epub ahead of print. doi:10.31234/osf.io/7xa4b. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Dsouza, D.D., Quadros, S., Hyderabadwala, Z.J., & Mamun, M.A. (2020). Aggregated COVID-19 suicide incidences in India: fear of COVID-19 infection is the prominent causative factor. PsyArXiv, Epub ahead of print. doi:10.31234/osf.io/7xa4b. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Goyal K., Chauhan P., Chhikara K., Gupta P., Singh M.P. Fear of COVID 2019: First suicidal case in India! Asian J. Psychiatry. 2020;49 - PMC - PubMed

[10] Goyal K., Chauhan P., Chhikara K., Gupta P., Singh M.P. Fear of COVID 2019: First suicidal case in India! Asian J. Psychiatry. 2020;49 - PMC - PubMed

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