Warning: imagejpeg(C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\phplern\32526627
.jpg): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\kidney.de\httpdocs\pget.php on line 117 Diabetes+Metab+Syndr
2020 ; 14
(5
): 779-788
Nephropedia Template TP
gab.com Text
Twit Text FOAVip
Twit Text #
English Wikipedia
Psychosocial impact of COVID-19
#MMPMID32526627
Dubey S
; Biswas P
; Ghosh R
; Chatterjee S
; Dubey MJ
; Chatterjee S
; Lahiri D
; Lavie CJ
Diabetes Metab Syndr
2020[Sep]; 14
(5
): 779-788
PMID32526627
show ga
BACKGROUND: Along with its high infectivity and fatality rates, the 2019 Corona
Virus Disease (COVID-19) has caused universal psychosocial impact by causing mass
hysteria, economic burden and financial losses. Mass fear of COVID-19, termed as
"coronaphobia", has generated a plethora of psychiatric manifestations across the
different strata of the society. So, this review has been undertaken to define
psychosocial impact of COVID-19. METHODS: Pubmed and GoogleScholar are searched
with the following key terms- "COVID-19", "SARS-CoV2", "Pandemic", "Psychology",
"Psychosocial", "Psychitry", "marginalized", "telemedicine", "mental health",
"quarantine", "infodemic", "social media" and" "internet". Few news paper reports
related to COVID-19 and psychosocial impacts have also been added as per context.
RESULTS: Disease itself multiplied by forced quarantine to combat COVID-19
applied by nationwide lockdowns can produce acute panic, anxiety, obsessive
behaviors, hoarding, paranoia, and depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) in the long run. These have been fueled by an "infodemic" spread via
different platforms of social media. Outbursts of racism, stigmatization, and
xenophobia against particular communities are also being widely reported.
Nevertheless, frontline healthcare workers are at higher-risk of contracting the
disease as well as experiencing adverse psychological outcomes in form of
burnout, anxiety, fear of transmitting infection, feeling of incompatibility,
depression, increased substance-dependence, and PTSD. Community-based mitigation
programs to combat COVID-19 will disrupt children's usual lifestyle and may cause
florid mental distress. The psychosocial aspects of older people, their
caregivers, psychiatric patients and marginalized communities are affected by
this pandemic in different ways and need special attention. CONCLUSION: For
better dealing with these psychosocial issues of different strata of the society,
psychosocial crisis prevention and intervention models should be urgently
developed by the government, health care personnel and other stakeholders. Apt
application of internet services, technology and social media to curb both
pandemic and infodemic needs to be instigated. Psychosocial preparedness by
setting up mental organizations specific for future pandemics is certainly
necessary.
free
free
free
