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Mental health implications of COVID-19 pandemic and its response in India
INTRODUCTION: Mental health concerns and treatment usually take a backseat when the limited resources are geared for pandemic containment. In this global humanitarian crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health issues have been reported from all over the world. OBJECTIVES: In this study, we attem...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32873106 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764020950769 |
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author | Roy, Adrija Singh, Arvind Kumar Mishra, Shree Chinnadurai, Aravinda Mitra, Arun Bakshi, Ojaswini |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Mental health concerns and treatment usually take a backseat when the limited resources are geared for pandemic containment. In this global humanitarian crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health issues have been reported from all over the world. OBJECTIVES: In this study, we attempt to review the prevailing mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic through global experiences, and reactive strategies established in mental health care with special reference to the Indian context. By performing a rapid synthesis of available evidence, we aim to propose a conceptual and recommendation framework for mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A search of the PubMed electronic database and google scholar were undertaken using the search terms ‘novel coronavirus’, ‘COVID-19’, ‘nCoV’, SARS-CoV-2, ‘mental health’, ‘psychiatry’, ‘psychology’, ‘anxiety’, ‘depression’ and ‘stress’ in various permutations and combinations. Published journals, magazines and newspaper articles, official webpages and independent websites of various institutions and non-government organizations, verified social media portals were compiled. RESULTS: The major mental health issues reported were stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, denial, anger and fear. Children and older people, frontline workers, people with existing mental health illnesses were among the vulnerable in this context. COVID-19 related suicides have also been increasingly common. Globally, measures have been taken to address mental health issues through the use of guidelines and intervention strategies. The role of social media has also been immense in this context. State-specific intervention strategies, telepsychiatry consultations, toll free number specific for psychological and behavioral issues have been issued by the Government of India. CONCLUSION: Keeping a positive approach, developing vulnerable-group-specific need-based interventions with proper risk communication strategies and keeping at par with the evolving epidemiology of COVID-19 would be instrumental in guiding the planning and prioritization of mental health care resources to serve the most vulnerable. |
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spelling | pubmed-74686682020-09-03 Mental health implications of COVID-19 pandemic and its response in India Roy, Adrija Singh, Arvind Kumar Mishra, Shree Chinnadurai, Aravinda Mitra, Arun Bakshi, Ojaswini Int J Soc Psychiatry Review Articles INTRODUCTION: Mental health concerns and treatment usually take a backseat when the limited resources are geared for pandemic containment. In this global humanitarian crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health issues have been reported from all over the world. OBJECTIVES: In this study, we attempt to review the prevailing mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic through global experiences, and reactive strategies established in mental health care with special reference to the Indian context. By performing a rapid synthesis of available evidence, we aim to propose a conceptual and recommendation framework for mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A search of the PubMed electronic database and google scholar were undertaken using the search terms ‘novel coronavirus’, ‘COVID-19’, ‘nCoV’, SARS-CoV-2, ‘mental health’, ‘psychiatry’, ‘psychology’, ‘anxiety’, ‘depression’ and ‘stress’ in various permutations and combinations. Published journals, magazines and newspaper articles, official webpages and independent websites of various institutions and non-government organizations, verified social media portals were compiled. RESULTS: The major mental health issues reported were stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, denial, anger and fear. Children and older people, frontline workers, people with existing mental health illnesses were among the vulnerable in this context. COVID-19 related suicides have also been increasingly common. Globally, measures have been taken to address mental health issues through the use of guidelines and intervention strategies. The role of social media has also been immense in this context. State-specific intervention strategies, telepsychiatry consultations, toll free number specific for psychological and behavioral issues have been issued by the Government of India. CONCLUSION: Keeping a positive approach, developing vulnerable-group-specific need-based interventions with proper risk communication strategies and keeping at par with the evolving epidemiology of COVID-19 would be instrumental in guiding the planning and prioritization of mental health care resources to serve the most vulnerable. SAGE Publications 2020-09-01 2021-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7468668/ /pubmed/32873106 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764020950769 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Review Articles Roy, Adrija Singh, Arvind Kumar Mishra, Shree Chinnadurai, Aravinda Mitra, Arun Bakshi, Ojaswini Mental health implications of COVID-19 pandemic and its response in India |
title | Mental health implications of COVID-19 pandemic and its response in India |
title_full | Mental health implications of COVID-19 pandemic and its response in India |
title_fullStr | Mental health implications of COVID-19 pandemic and its response in India |
title_full_unstemmed | Mental health implications of COVID-19 pandemic and its response in India |
title_short | Mental health implications of COVID-19 pandemic and its response in India |
title_sort | mental health implications of covid-19 pandemic and its response in india |
topic | Review Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32873106 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764020950769 |
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