Psychosocial impact of Covid-19-related quarantine
Reflections after the first case of suicide in Colombia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5166606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jairo M Gonzalez-Diaz (0000-0003-1238-8447, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia; Clinica Nuestra Señora de la Paz, Colombia), Jesús Fernández Cano (0000-0003-4087-9534, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia; Centro de Investigaciones del Sistema Nervioso, Colombia), Victor Pereira-Sanchez (0000-0002-2576-1549, NYU Grossman School of Medicine) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | e00117420-e00117420 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00117420 |
| PMID | 32578808 |
| OpenAlex | W3036625974 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0102-311X2020000607001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Two months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Colombia has reported over 10,000 confirmed cases of the disease and 400 deaths. On March 25, 2020, a stayat-home (SAH) order was issued country-wide to prevent the spread of the virus. After that, media channels reported the suicide of a middle-aged man in Santa Marta, a city located on the Caribbean coast. At least three times, authorities had scold him for violating the SAH order, and he claimed at court that, for working as a street vendor, he would not be able to feed his family if forced to stay at home. According to the media, his arrest might play a role in his suicide 1 . However, this is not an isolated case. Similar events have been reported worldwide: Bangladesh 2 and India 3 have likewise reported cases of suicide related to COVID-19 in which xenophobia, stigma, and fear of contagion may have contributed
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Environmental health · Medical emergency · Outbreak · Pandemic · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Quarantine · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) · Suicide prevention · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Virology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |