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Epidemic of COVID-19 in China and associated psychological problems.
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The world is experiencing pandemic of the COVID-19 now, a RNA virus that spread out from Wuhan, China. Two countries, China first and later Italy, have gone to full lock down due to rapid spread of this virus. Till to date, no epidemiological data on mental health problems due to outbreak of the COVID-19 and mass isolation were not available. To meet this need, the present study was undertaken to assess the mental health status of Chinese people. An online survey was conducted on a sample of 1074 Chinese people, majority of whom from Hubei province. Lack of adequate opportunities to conduct face to face interview, anxiety, depression, mental well-being and alcohol consumption behavior were assessed via self-reported measures. Results showed higher rate of anxiety, depression, hazardous and harmful alcohol use, and lower mental wellbeing than usual ratio. Results also revealed that young people aged 21-40 years are in more vulnerable position in terms of their mental health conditions and alcohol use. To address mental health crisis during this epidemic, it is high time to implement multi-faceted approach (i.e. forming multidisciplinary mental health team, providing psychiatric treatments and other mental health services, utilizing online counseling platforms, rehabilitation program, ensuring certain care for vulnerable groups, etc.).
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ahmed, M. Z., Ahmed, O., Aibao, Z., Hanbin, S., Siyu, L., & Ahmad, A.
- Affiliations
- Northwest Normal University (CN)
- University of Chittagong (BD)
- Corresponding author
- Ahmed, Md Zahir
- Venue
- Asian Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 51
- Pages
- 102092
- ISSN
- 1876-2018 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7194662
- OpenAlex
- W3016675767
- Cited by
- 1,390
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 96 · 2023: 246 · 2022: 309 · 2021: 490 · 2020: 193
- FWCI
- 116.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- Locations
- Asian Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Northwest Normal University
- Tencent
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, mental health, anxiety, depression, psychological well-being, alcohol consumption, hazardous drinking, lockdown, young adults, Hubei Province, online counseling, mental health services
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Mental Disorders, Behavioral Symptoms, China, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Young Adult, Pandemics
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