Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak Quarantine, Isolation, and Lockdown Policies on Mental Health and Suicide

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Balasankar Ganesan¹  Raymond Kai-Yu Tong¹  Surendra Kumar Meena²  Palak Prasad³  Kenneth N. K. Fong⁴  Adel Al-Jumaily⁶ 

[1] Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China;Department of Occupational Therapy, Mahatma Gandhi Occupational Therapy College, Jaipur, India;Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India;Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China;School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia;School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia;

关键词: COVID-19;    mental health;    suicide;    quarantine;    lockdown;    social distancing;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2021.565190

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has made a huge impact on people's physical and mental health, and it remains a cause of death for many all over the world. To prevent the spread of coronavirus infection, different types of public health measures (social isolation, quarantine, lockdowns, and curfews) have been imposed by governments. However, mental health experts warn that the prolonged lockdown, quarantine, or isolation will create a “second pandemic” with severe mental health issues and suicides. The quarantined or isolated people may suffer from various issues such as physical inactivity, mental health, economic and social problems. As with the SARS outbreak in 2003, many suicide cases have been reported in connection with this current COVID-19 pandemic lockdown due to various factors such as social stigma, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, fear of COVID infection, loneliness, and other mental health issues. This paper provides an overview of risk factors that can cause suicide and outlines possible solutions to prevent suicide in this current COVID-19 pandemic.

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