Abstract : COVID -19,a highly contagious disease emerged in Wuhan city of China in Dec.2019 and within a short span of time engulfed the whole world and subsequently it went under lockdown to minimize or slow down the infection. This lockdown has a drastic impact on the social and mental health of the people and how feelings of suicides are amplified by the social disruption and forced social isolation .The threat of economic downturn, losing of jobs by the temporary employees, people which are already psychologically burdened , closer of institution, sudden and drastic changes in the daily routine and the sick and old people in the community particularly without immediate family caregivers due to lockdown are at increased risk of the suicide. Amid this there is a need of urgent research by the psychiatrist and psychologist to ascertain the impact of pandemic on mental health of the people.
Keywords: Covid-19, mental health, lockdown, suicide, psychiatrist and psychologist.
Keyword : Covid-19, mental health, lockdown, suicide, psychiatrist and psychologist.