Lisa J Cohen, Yinan Liang, Devon Peterkin, Kamryn McGibbon, Frank Rappa, Megan L Rogers, Sungeun You, Ksenia Chistopolskaya, Sergey Enikolopov, Shira Barzilay, Vikas Menon, M Ishrat Husain, Manuela Dudeck, Judith Streb, Elif Çinka, Fatma Kantas Yilmaz, Oskar Kuśmirek, Samira S Valvassori, Yarden Blum, Igor Galynker
OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a globally devastating psychosocial impact. A detailed understanding of the mental health implications of this worldwide crisis is critical for successful mitigation of and preparation for future pandemics. Using a large international sample, we investigated in the present study the relationship between multiple COVID-19 parameters (both disease characteristics and government responses) and the incidence of the suicide crisis syndrome (SCS), an acute negative affect state associated with near-term suicidal behavior...
April 15, 2024: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness