TY - JOUR
T1 - The COVID-19 pandemic and epidemiologic insights from recession-related suicide mortality
AU - Bastiampillai, Tarun
AU - Allison, Stephen
AU - Looi, Jeffrey C.L.
AU - Licinio, Julio
AU - Wong, Ma Li
AU - Perry, Seth W.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the initiation of large-scale quarantine measures, resulting in widespread closures of significant sectors of the worldwide economy. The International Monetary Fund predicts that the world economy will experience the worst recession since the Great Depression, labelling this the “Great Lockdown” [1]. In this context, we need to plan for deleterious mental health effects resulting from this global recession, including: job stress and insecurity, sharply rising unemployment and longer duration of unemployment, income shock, bankruptcy, rising household debt levels, marked decline in asset values, loss of savings, house repossessions, reduced healthcare resources, cuts in community and social services, strained relationships, increased social isolation, and rises in alcohol misuse [2].
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the initiation of large-scale quarantine measures, resulting in widespread closures of significant sectors of the worldwide economy. The International Monetary Fund predicts that the world economy will experience the worst recession since the Great Depression, labelling this the “Great Lockdown” [1]. In this context, we need to plan for deleterious mental health effects resulting from this global recession, including: job stress and insecurity, sharply rising unemployment and longer duration of unemployment, income shock, bankruptcy, rising household debt levels, marked decline in asset values, loss of savings, house repossessions, reduced healthcare resources, cuts in community and social services, strained relationships, increased social isolation, and rises in alcohol misuse [2].
KW - Depression
KW - Diseases
KW - COVID-19
KW - Suicide
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090062105&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41380-020-00875-4
DO - 10.1038/s41380-020-00875-4
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85090062105
SN - 1359-4184
VL - 25
SP - 3445
EP - 3447
JO - MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
JF - MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
IS - 12
ER -