Fear of COVID 2019: First suicidal case in India !

Goyal, Kapil; Chauhan, Pooja; Chhikara, Komal; Gupta, Parakriti; Singh, Mini P.

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.101989

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“…There is little chance that the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 could change this statistic significantly. Fear could have a larger impact than the virus itself; a case of suicide motivated by the fear of SARS-COV-2 has been reported in India [28].…”

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SARS-CoV-2: fear versus data

Roussel

Giraud-Gatineau

Jimeno

et al. 2020

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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Highlights Comparison of incidence and mortality rates of four common coronaviruses circulating in France with those of SARS-COV-2 in OECD countries. As of 2 March 2020, 90 307 patients had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, with 3086 deaths (mortality rate 3.4%). As of 2 March 2020, among OECD countries, 7476 patients had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, with 96 deaths (mortality rate 1.3%)  As of 2 March 2020, in France, 191 people had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, with three deaths (mortality rate 1.6%). In OECD countries. the mortality rate for SARS-CoV-2 (1.3%) is not significantly different from that for common coronaviruses identified at the study hospital in France (0.8%; P=0.11). The problem of SARS-CoV-2 is probably overestimated, as 2.6 million people die of respiratory infections each year compared with less than 4000 deaths for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of writing. ABSTRACT SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus from China, is spreading around the world, causing a huge reaction despite its current low incidence outside China and the Far East. Four common coronaviruses are in current circulation and cause millions of cases worldwide. This article compares the incidence and mortality rates of these four common coronaviruses with those of SARS-COV-2 in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. It is concluded that the problem of SARS-CoV-2 is probably being overestimated, as 2.6 million people die of respiratory infections each year compared with less than 4000 deaths for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of writing.

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SARS-CoV-2: fear versus data

Roussel

Giraud-Gatineau

Jimeno

et al. 2020

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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“…Barbisch et al (2015) described how the confinement "caused a sense of collective hysteria, leading the staff to desperate measures". Suicidal cases were reported in India (Goyal et al, 2020) but also in other countries, Italy included, where two infected Italian nurses committed suicide in a period of a few days probably due to fear of spreading COVID-19 to patients. It is possible that fear and anxiety of falling sick or dying, helplessness will drive an increase in the 2020 suicide rates.…”

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The emotional impact of COVID-19: From medical staff to common people

Montemurro

2020

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

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“…This also has to do with their pre-existing belief system (Morganstein and Ursano, 2020). The misinformation from various sources with negative attitude increase the levels of stress and anxiety (Goyal et al, 2020)…”

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confidence: 99%