Increased Suicide of Iranian Resident Physicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Somayeh Nazari; Hamed Ghazvini; Seyedeh Masoumeh  Seyedhosseini Tamijani; Raheleh Rafaiee

doi:10.5812/ijhrba.117651

Increased Suicide of Iranian Resident Physicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic

authors:

Somayeh Nazari ¹ , Hamed Ghazvini ² , Seyedeh Masoumeh Seyedhosseini Tamijani ³ , avatar Raheleh Rafaiee ^{2
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1 Student Research Committee, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR Iran

2 Department of Neuroscience, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR Iran

3 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR Iran

International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction: Vol.11, issue 1; e117651

published online: November 24, 2021

article type: Letter

received: July 5, 2021

revised: November 10, 2021

accepted: November 14, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.117651

how to cite: Nazari S, Ghazvini H, Seyedhosseini Tamijani S M , Rafaiee R. Increased Suicide of Iranian Resident Physicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2022;11(1):e117651. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.117651.

Keywords

Iran Physicians Suicide COVID-19

Footnotes

Authors' Contribution: All the authors had equal roles in performing the study and contributed to writing the paper.
Conflict of Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Funding/Support: None declared.

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