Pregledni rad

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2020.32

COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND IMPENDING GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

Kanwar Hamza Shuja orcid.org/0000-0001-8460-0852 ; Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Aqeel orcid.org/0000-0001-8007-6723 ; Foundation University Islamabad, Rawalpindi Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
Abbas Jaffar ; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Ammar Ahmed orcid.org/0000-0002-1361-3442 ; Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Sažetak

The increase in organisms transference and infectious pandemics across the globe have been accelerated by an increase in travel, international exchange and global changes in earth’s climate. COVID-19, a virus caused by the novel coronavirus that was initially identified on December 2019, in Wuhan city of China is currently affecting 146 territories, states and countries raising distress, panic and increasing anxiety in individuals exposed to the (actual or supposed) peril of the virus across the globe. Fundamentally, these concerns ascend with all infections, including those of flu and other agents, and the same worldwide safeguards are compulsory and suggested for protection and the prevention of further diffusion. However, media has underlined COVID-19 as rather an exclusive threat, which has added to panic and stress in masses which can lead to several mental health issues like anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder which should be contained immediately in its initial phases.

Ključne riječi

COVID-19; mental health; global distress; novel corona virus

Hrčak ID:

236977

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/236977

Datum izdavanja:

16.4.2020.

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