Coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis and suicide in Bangladesh
Some explanations through Durkheim’s Sociology of Suicide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13072115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Azizur Rahman Khan (0000-0001-8154-0284, East West University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 3-17 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Positive Practices (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2247-6571 • E-ISSN: 1582-8344 |
| Publisher | ADPSE Catalactica Bucuresti (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.35782/jcpp.2022.3.01 |
| OpenAlex | W4307748812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Whilst the world is experiencing an unprecedented and devastating public health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scholars have apprehended that economic, social and mental health consequences brought by the pandemic might intensify suicidality amongst people. At this backdrop, this content analysis traces the relationship between suicidality and the COVID-19 pandemic employing Emile Durkheim’s classical theoretical postulation of the sociology of suicide in the context of Bangladesh. The analysis is based on case reports identified through online newspaper search spanning from January 01 to May 15, 2020. During this period, 10 Covid-19 induced suicide cases were identified. The analysis of the findings captures the linkages between COVID-19 crisis and suicidal behavior according to Durkheim’s four-fold typology of the social causation of suicide. The identified cases were fit into egoistic (2), anomic (5) and fatalistic (3) categories. No case was relevant to the altruistic category. As there is no national suicide prevention strategy in Bangladesh, this analysis highlights several immediate and short prevention strategies. Furthermore, this analysis contributes to our sociological understanding that Durkheim’s macro-level theory has the potentials to analyze micro-level/case-based suicide incidents
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminology · Environmental health · Outbreak · Pandemic · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Sociology · Suicide prevention · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |