Covid-19 and Mental Health What Has Been the Impact

Summary The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent orders issued to prevent its spread can lead to the appearance of mental health symptoms, both in people who have been infected with the virus and in the rest of the population that has been affected by the uncertainty associated with a pandemic and b...

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Published inHealth science journal Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors Quiroz, Alicia Zambrano, Padilla, Milagro Cantillo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Egaleo Technological Educational Institute of Athens 01.01.2024
Subjects
Anxiety disorders
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Families & family life
Health care policy
Health services
Households
Humanitarianism
Infections
Insomnia
Loneliness
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Older people
Pandemics
Post traumatic stress disorder
Quality of life
Social isolation
Socioeconomic factors
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Summary:Summary The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent orders issued to prevent its spread can lead to the appearance of mental health symptoms, both in people who have been infected with the virus and in the rest of the population that has been affected by the uncertainty associated with a pandemic and by the indirect effects on mental health, associated with loneliness, lack of social interactions, anxiety, depression, overwhelm, among others, giving figures that confirm this in older people and people with chronic illnesses; children and adolescents; people who are helping with the response, such as doctors and other health care providers; and people who have mental health problems. [...]social isolation has increased mental health problems in children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. At the expense of this terrible situation of growing mental health care needs, which was labeled as the "fourth wave", although it is known that in many countries that witnessed the pandemic, much of the population was greatly affected mental health and in turn affected mental health services, which gave way to overwhelm [3]. [...]it is extremely important to protect the mental health of medical personnel in order to control the epidemic and take care of their own health [5].
ISSN:1791-809X
1791-809X
DOI:10.36648/1791-809X.18.5.1140