Student Suicides in the Context of Online Education During COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Analysis of Media Reports

Khadse, Pawan Arun; Ghosh, Sreyoshi; Murthy, Pratima; Girimaji, Satish Chandra

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“…There were some miscellaneous stressors of COVID-19-related suicide in India such as: inability to willingly return home due to lockdown travel restrictions, [ 15 , 19 ]; having influenza like symptoms [ 27 ]; undergoing stigmatization, discrimination, and ostracism [ 19 , 26 – 28 ]; separation from family due to transport restrictions [ 27 ]; misinterpretation of fever as COVID-19 [ 28 ]; family disputes (Balali et al; [ 28 ]; saving the village from infection [ 28 ]; watching COVID-19 videos on social media [ 28 ]; online schooling [ 23 , 25 ]; relationship complexities [ 21 , 22 , 25 ]; being suspected of having COVID-19 infection [ 29 ]; police violence and harassment [ 19 ]; and sexual harassment [ 12 ].…”

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“…Hanging was found to be the most used method of completing suicide in most studies [ 6 – 8 , 12 , 22 , 23 , 25 – 29 ]. More specifically: Kar = 278/391 (71.1%); Mamun = 12/16 (75%); Manzar = 19/37 (51.4%); Panigrahi = 72/151 (47.6%); Pathare = 190/295 (64.4%); Rajkumar = 10/18 (55.6%); Shoib = 20/32 (58.8%); Sripad = 50/93 (54%); Syed and Griffiths = 6/27 (22.2%; second most after poisoning); Khadse = 30/42 (71.42%); Lathabhavan et al and Goyal et al were single cases.…”

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“…Eight studies reported poisoning as a method of suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 12 , 19 , 22 , 23 , 26 , 28 – 30 ]. A total of 117 victims used this method and most commonly reported Kar et al [ 22 ] who reported 45 cases among the general population during lockdown.…”

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Suicide related to the COVID-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review

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Background The suicide rate has increased during the pandemic in India. Moreover, several studies, especially press-media reporting suicide studies have been conducted but no systematic review has been attempted in this context. Therefore, the present study systematically investigated the risk factors associated with suicidal behaviors, and the method of suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Methods Following the PRISMA guidelines, a systematic search was performed to include papers published up until September 30, 2022. From an initial 144 papers, 18 studies which met the inclusion criteria were included in the present review. The Pierson’s method was used for quality assessment of the included studies in the present review. Results The risk factors associated with suicide comprised: (i) socio-demographic factors (e.g., being aged between 31 and 50 years, male, married, unemployed), (ii) behavior and health-related factors (e.g., unavailability of alcohol and alcohol withdrawal symptoms, poor state of physical health and health issues, family disputes, relationship complexities, and sexual harassment), (iii) COVID-19-related factors (e.g., fear of COVID-19, COVID-19 test results, quarantine or isolation, financial hardship due to the pandemic, having influenza-like symptoms, experiencing stigmatization and ostracism despite testing negative, separation from family due to transport restrictions, misinterpreting other illness symptoms as COVID-19, saving the village from infection, watching COVID-19 videos on social media, online schooling, perceived stigma toward COVID-19, and being suspected of having COVID-19), and (iv) psychopathological stressors (depression, loneliness, stress, TikTok addiction, and poor mental health, suicidal tendencies, helplessness, and worrying). Hanging was the most common method of suicide. In addition, jumping from high buildings, poisoning, drowning, burning, cutting or slitting throat or wrists, self-immolation, medication overdose, electrocution, pesticide, and gun-shot were also used to carry out the suicide. Conclusions Findings from this research suggest multiple reasons for suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic and knowledge of such factors could aid in developing suicide prevention strategies focusing the most vulnerable cohorts inside and outside India.

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“…Their failure to perform the requirements given by their teachers cannot be achieved on the specific time and date, causing them to be pressured and feel wrong about themselves, which leads them to the idea of committing suicide. Affirmed in the study of Khadse et al (2022) that the second most frequent reason underlying student suicide was an inability to cope with online education. Also, the issues related to connectivity and unavailability of smartphones, televisions, and other gadgets add to students' mental imbalance and well-being (Bisht et al, 2020).…”

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“…Socioeconomically weaker sections of society, especially in rural areas, have lesser utilization of digital technology, which might also be reflected in online education (Khadse et al, 2022). Students are very hard to purchase smartphones for their studies due to the poor economic situation of their parents.…”

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Teen Suicide in One Province in Cordillera

Lud-Ayen¹,

Atianzar²,

Gano³

2022

IRSSR

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As the teenage suicide was increasingly happening during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study was conducted purposely to determine the profile of victims of suicide as to age, sex, and educational background and identify the causes of teen suicide in one province in Cordillera. The qualitative design and snowball sampling method were used with the study. There were eight key informants composed of Philippine National Police (PNP) officers, teachers, and DSWD personnel. The study revealed that teens who committed suicide were between 1-21 years old and 22-41 years old. The majority of the suicide victims are males, senior high school, and college students. The causes of teenage suicide are the unseen image of suicide, depression, stress, personal problems, and promises not fulfilled due to poverty and hanging. This study finds that teen suicide can be prevented by giving importance to and acting upon family members’ unseen images of suicide. In the light of the findings, this study proposes an intervention program dubbed as “Psychosocial Intervention Program for Teen Suicide.” In the prevention of such acts, the family, along with government authorities such as the PNP and the DSWD, work hand in hand in helping individuals who are at the brink of their mental states to consider designing a psychosocial intervention geared toward this goal to incorporate activities that promotes prosocial behaviors and rekindling essential information on the unseen image of suicide.

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Research Landscape on Student Suicide: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of 62 Years (1959-2021)

Srivastava

Saxena

2023

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Background: To guide and provide orientation to research on student suicide, this study aimed to analyze the research status on student suicide with the help of bibliometric analysis. Utilising bibliometric methodology, this study complements existing literature by giving a comprehensive, reliable thematic representation of this topic. Method: A Scopus search was done and all published research papers were reviewed. A total of 187 papers published between 1959 and 2021 were analyzed. We identified the most influential journals in this field, the most prolific nations and institutions, as well as the years with the most publications, the most cited papers, notable authors, and most researched areas, It was followed by use of the VOSviewer software (version 1.6.18) to construct and visualize the bibliometric networks like co-authorship network map, inter-country co-authorship network map, and keywords co-occurrences network maps. Results: The analysis reveals the current research trend where the number of publications on ‘student suicide’ reflects an overall upward trend over the years, suggesting that research on student suicidology is fast evolving but the pace is slow. The maximum publications were in the year 2020. The United States made the largest contribution (n = 85). The most productive institution was the University of Rochester, New York (n = 10). Allan J Schwartz was the most prolific author, with nine research papers. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy (n = 13) was the journal and Medicine (n = 118) was the discipline with the highest number of publications. Conclusion: The study potentially has important implications for designing more comprehensive screening and assessment tools for suicide risk. Future work should pay more attention to developing effective intervention programs for students. The results also highlight the need for more research work on student suicidology. More research in this area is needed to create awareness among students. Consequently, this study can be a big critique and torch bearer at the same time.

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Student Suicides in the Context of Online Education During COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Analysis of Media Reports

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Suicide related to the COVID-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review

Suicide related to the COVID-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review

Teen Suicide in One Province in Cordillera

Research Landscape on Student Suicide: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of 62 Years (1959-2021)

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