Damijana Keržič, Jogymol Kalariparampil Alex, Roxana Balbontín-Alvarado, Denílson da Silva Bezerra et al.
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shaped higher education and seen the distinct rise of e-learning as a compulsory element of the modern educational landscape. Accordingly, this study highlights the factors which have influenced how students perceive their academic performance d...
Dejan Ravšelj, Damijana Keržič, Nina Tomaževič, Lan Umek et al.
The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale global study to date on how higher education students perceived the use of ChatGPT in early 2024. With a sample of 23,218 students from 109 countries and territories, the study reveals that students primarily used ChatGPT for brainstorming, s...
Sujita Kumar Kar, S. M. Yasir Arafat, Pawan Sharma, Ayushi Dixit et al.
S. M. Yasir Arafat, Sujita Kumar Kar, Russell Kabir
To the Editor, Among the many special situations resulting from the COVID-19, panic buying is one of them which creates anxiety, fear, panic, and agitation. The phenomenon may happen in response to the impending catastrophe that can raise the price and take the necessary goods out of the hands of pe...
Daniela Raccanello, Roxana Balbontín-Alvarado, Denílson da Silva Bezerra, Roberto Burro et al.
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of negative consequences for higher education students. We explored the generalizability of the control-value theory of achievement emotions for e-learning, focusing on their antecedents. We involved 17019 higher education students from 13 c...
S. M. Yasir Arafat, Syeda Ayat‐e‐Zainab Ali, Vikas Menon, Fahad Hussain et al.
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a global preventable public health problem. About a quarter of all suicides in the world occur in South Asia. As means restriction is an important suicide prevention strategy, gaining knowledge of the common suicide methods and their changing trends in each country and region ...
Sujita Kumar Kar, Vikas Menon, S. M. Yasir Arafat, Sagar Rai et al.
The economic and social devastation wrought by the COVID-19 crisiscoupled with the unavailability of traditional coping resources is a “perfect storm” for suicide. Evidence suggests that its impact may be disproportionately high in low-and-middle-income countries. The study aimed to assess and compa...
S. M. Yasir Arafat, Tamkeen Saleem, Vikas Menon, Syeda Ayat‐e‐Zainab Ali et al.
Background: Estimates of depression in suicidal behavior in South Asia would help to formulate suicide prevention strategies in the region that hasn't been assessed yet. Objectives: We aimed to systematically assess the prevalence of depression in fatal and non-fatal attempts of suicide in eight Sou...
S. M. Yasir Arafat, Vikas Menon, Natarajan Varadharajan, Sujita Kumar Kar
Background: Psychiatric disorders have been identified as an important risk factor for suicide. However, different psychological autopsy studies have revealed different prevalences at different times and places. Objective: We aimed to see the distribution of psychological autopsy studies and the pre...
S. M. Yasir Arafat, Sujita Kumar Kar, Pawan Sharma, Kedar Marahatta et al.
S. M. Yasir Arafat, Vikas Menon, Sharmi Bascarane, Sujita Kumar Kar et al.
BACKGROUND: South-East Asia is a densely populated region, comprising of 11 low- and middle-income countries and contributing to 39% of global suicides. There are serious challenges to suicide prevention in the region such as lack of high-quality suicide data, underreporting and poor quality of medi...
S. M. Yasir Arafat, Sujita Kumar Kar, Chittahari Abhayanayake, Pawan Sharma et al.
BACKGROUND: South-East Asia is a densely populated region with a considerable, however, under-prioritized mental health burden. Little is known about the mental health burden and services status in the prisons of the region. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate the individual country-wise prison ment...
Vikas Menon, S. M. Yasir Arafat, Hasina Akter, Srijeeta Mukherjee et al.
Sujita Kumar Kar, S. M. Yasir Arafat, Ramdas Ransing, Vikas Menon et al.
Russell Kabir, Ancy Chandrababu Mercy Bai, Haniya Zehra Syed, Md. Rakibul Hasan et al.
Indian subcontinent has high mental heath burden and low resources to cope the mental health challenges. Assessment of impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health would help to prioritize the resource allocations. We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of people in the I...