Correlations between the SARS-COV-2 pandemic and increased aggressive behaviour to self and others
Correlations between the SARS-COV-2 pandemic and increased aggressive behaviour to self and others

Summary/Abstract: The current times are facing an unprecedented phenomenon for our generations. The pandemic outbreak with SARS CoV 2 rapidly and profoundly changed the aspect of the world we live in. The insecurity, the social isolation and its consequences, the fear of infection and the economic collapse are only a few of the elements that the current pandemic introduced in most lives. While the impact on physical health was immediately observed, the impact on mental health is gradually revealing itself and threatens to persist long term. The socio economic and psychological imbalances seem to leave a significant mark by triggering or enhancing mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder. All these are associated with an increased risk of aggressive behaviour to self and others, amplifying an already existing public health problem: suicide. Being defined as a self harming behaviour based on the intention of ending one’s life, suicide is responsible for approximately 800000 deaths worldwide every year. Multiple social, economic and psychological factors are involved in this huge phenomenon and many of them are highly influenced by the current pandemic. Therefore raising awareness of the way pandemic related changes might lead to suicide could be useful as a first step in elaborating prevention measures and avoiding tragedies.

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