COVID-19 PANDEMİSİ VE İNTİHAR

Abstract

COVID-19 enfeksiyonu bireyleri ve toplumları yalnızca fiziksel olarak etkilemekle kalmamış, tarihte yaşanan diğer viral enfeksiyonlar gibi ruhsal olarak da etkilemiştir. Ruhsal etkilenmenin kötü sonuçlarından biri olan, nedenleri ve sonuçları itibariyle bir halk sağlığı problemi olarak ele alınması gereken intihar vakaları bu gibi dönemlerde artmaktadır. Birçok çalışma ile pandemi sürecinde intihar düşünce ve davranışına zemin oluşturan faktörler tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Bu çalışmamızda intihar düşünce ve davranışlarının pandemi sürecinde hangi faktörlerden ne şekilde etkilendiğini, hangi yöntemlerin bu dönemde arttığını ve engellenmesi için alınabilecek önlemlerin neler olduğunun incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

• Pandemi
• COVID-19
• intihar

COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND SUICIDE

Abstract

COVID-19 infection not only affects the physical well-being, but also the other viral infections the mental state of individuals and society. In such times, suicidal events, a poor consequence of mental influence would increase and it must be taken as a public issue by reason of motives and consequences. Many studies had tried to determinate the background factors for suicidal thinking and attitude in pandemic process. In our study, we aimed to evaluate which factors affect the suicidal thinking and behavior and in what way in the Pandemic process, which ways of suicide are raised, and what could be taken as measurement.

Keywords

• Pandemic
• COVID-19
• suicide

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