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Psychological health during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic outbreak

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Mukhtar, Sonia·2020·International Journal of Social Psychiatry

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BACKGROUND: The current ongoing pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) has globally affected 213 countries and territories with more than 2.5 million confirmed cases and thousands of casualties. The unpredictable and uncertain COVID-19 outbreak has the potential of adversely affecting the psychological health on individual and community level. Currently all efforts are focused on the understanding of epidemiology, clinical features, mode of transmission, counteract the spread of the virus, and challenges of global health, while crucially significant mental health has been overlooked in this endeavor. METHOD: This review is to evaluate past outbreaks to understand the extent of adverse effects on psychological health, psychological crisis intervention, and mental health management plans. Published previous and current articles on PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and Elsevier about psychological impact of infectious diseases outbreaks and COVID-19 has been considered and reviewed. COMMENTS: COVID-19 is leading to intense psychosocial issues and comprising mental health marking a secondary health concern all around the world. Globally implementing preventive and controlling measures, and cultivating coping and resilience are challenging factors; modified lifestyle (lockdown curfew, self-isolation, social distancing and quarantine); conspiracy theories, misinformation and disinformation about the origin, scale, signs, symptoms, transmission, prevention and treatment; global socioeconomic crisis; travel restrictions; workplace hazard control; postponement and cancellation of religious, sports, cultural and entertainment events; panic buying and hoarding; incidents of racism, xenophobia, discrimination, stigma, psychological pressure of productivity, marginalization and violence; overwhelmed medical centers and health organizations, and general impact on education, politics, socioeconomic, culture, environment and climate - are some of the risk factors to aggravate further problems.

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  1. Xiang Y. T. Yang Y. Li W. Zhang L. Zhang Q. Cheung T. Ng C. H. (2020). Timely mental health care for the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak is urgently needed. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7, 228– 229. 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30046-8 32032543 PMC7128153 · DOI · Paper page

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Authors
Mukhtar, S.
Affiliations
University of Management and Technology (PK)
Corresponding author
Mukhtar, Sonia
Venue
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
Published
2020-05-21
Volume
66
Issue
5
Pages
512-516
ISSN
  • 0020-7640 (ISSN-L)
  • 1741-2854
OpenAlex
W3026661685
Cited by
382
References
24
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 99 · 2021: 111 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 1
FWCI
30.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Social Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › COVID-19 Prevention and Impact
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, mental health, psychological crisis intervention, mental health management, lockdown, social distancing, quarantine, conspiracy theories, misinformation, stigma, xenophobia, racism, coping and resilience, socio-economic crisis, travel restrictions, hoarding, productivity pressure
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Communicable Disease Control, Humans, Mental Health, Pneumonia, Viral, Quarantine, Social Isolation, Coronavirus Infections, Resilience, Psychological, Social Stigma, Pandemics

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