The COVID-19 pandemic and suicide by self-immolation: Is risk increasing?

A study on suicide by self immolation.

Deaths from suicides reached a peak in Sri Lanka in 1995 to 48.7 per 100,000 population, the highest in the world. Several interventions reduced the rate to 20.6 per 100,000 in 2007 [1]. Self immolation (SI) as a method of suicide is reported from many developing countries [2,3]. In 2006, 3558 males and 946 females (total 4504) committed suicide in Sri Lanka. SI was the method used by 148 (3.3%...

Why self-immolation? A qualitative exploration of the motives for attempting suicide by self-immolation.

INTRODUCTION Suicide by self-immolation is one of the great health concerns in developing countries such as Iran. Exploration of motives for attempting suicide by self-immolation in different point of view of people with experience and information on can be considered as a crucial aspect in self-immolation prevention. The study aimed to explore motives for suicide by self-immolation in Kermansh...

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Is It A Wolf Consuming Fertility?

Is the New Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic Halted by Malaria Epidemics?

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and on March 11, 2020, WHO announced COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Because chloroquine is now one of the mainstay therapies of COVID-19 all over the world, we assumed that it may play a role in preventing COVID-19 in malaria-endemic countries. So, we decided to compare the distribution map of COVID-19 wit...

Differences in Demographic and Psychological Variables in Suicide by Self-immolation and Poisoning

Background: Self-immolation and intentional poisoning are two common methods for suicidal attempts in developing countries. Few studies have compared the characteristics of people who commit suicide by self-immolation or intentional poisoning. Hence, the aim of this study was to compare demographic, social, and psychological features between these two groups. Methods: In the present study, pat...