Suicide during COVID-19 and other major international respiratory outbreaks: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was recently declared a pandemic by the WHO. This outbreak threatens not only physical health but also has significant repercussions on mental health. In recent world history, major infectious outbreaks were associated with severe mental health sequelae, including suicide. In this study, we systematically review the literature on suicidal outcomes during major international respiratory outbreaks, including COVID-19. We reviewed descriptive and analytic articles addressing suicide during major international respiratory outbreaks. We searched PubMed, Medline, Embase, Scopus, and PsycInfo databases and then utilized an independent method for study selection by a pair of reviewers. Two reviewers completed data abstraction and conducted a narrative summary of

SUBMITTER: Kahil K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7764387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature