COVID‑19 related stress exacerbates common physical and mental pathologies and affects treatment (Review)
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COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global public health emergency resulting in unprecedented individual and societal fear and anxiety. The stress surrounding this biothreat appears to have clinical implications in all aspects of medicine, both in mental and physical health spheres. The impact of COVID-19 related anxiety in Cardiology, Paediatrics, Oncology, Dermatology, Neurology and Mental Health and how it affects treatments is discussed. Moreover, the need for introducing novel communication and therapeutic approaches is highlighted in the new landscape of the COVID-19 era.
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The stresses of quarantine and social isolation have negative psychological effects, including heightened stress and anxiety.
“The stresses of quarantine and social isolation are known to have negative psychological effects, including heightened stress and anxiety (Brooks et al., 2020; Pfefferbaum and North, 2020; Tsamakis et al., 2020).”
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- Authors
- Tsamakis, K., Triantafyllis, A., Tsiptsios, D., Spartalis, E., Mueller, C., Tsamakis, C., Chaidou, S., Spandidos, D., Fotis, L., Economou, M., & Rizos, E.
- Affiliations
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- General Hospital Asklepieio Voulas (GR)
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Crete (GR)
- Corresponding author
- Tsamakis, Konstantinos
- ORCID
- Venue
- Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
- Publisher
- Spandidos Publications
- Published
- 2020-04-22
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 159-162
- ISSN
- 1792-0981 (ISSN-L)
- 1792-1015
- PMC
- PMC7271730
- OpenAlex
- W3019638797
- Cited by
- 121
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 17
- FWCI
- 11.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- St George's Online Research Archive (St George's University of London) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, psychological stress, anxiety, mental health, physical health, dermatology, neurology, treatment effects, treatment options, communication strategies
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