COVID-19 related suicide among hospital nurses; case study evidence from worldwide media reports

Psychiatry Res. 2020 Sep:291:113272. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113272. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Abstract

Nurses are acknowledged for their care and expertise on the front line of pandemics over the last century. The recent global impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented and a parallel battle has also been fought by increasing numbers of nurses for their workplace mental health. Factors associated with nurses mental stress and consequence of suicide were identified from a retrospective analysis of six non-representative media case-reports in high and low resource countries. The need for a structured model of nursing workforce mental health preparation, monitoring, support and health care is essential to inform advocacy and timely intervention in pandemic response.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Mental Health
  • Nurses / psychology*
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology*
  • Occupational Stress / mortality*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Stress, Psychological / etiology
  • Stress, Psychological / mortality*
  • Stress, Psychological / psychology
  • Suicide / psychology
  • Suicide / statistics & numerical data*
  • Workplace / psychology*