
COVID-19 Pandemic: Mental Health and Coping Strategies
Correspondence Address :Sajjan Pal,
Assistant Professor, SGT University, Gurgoan, Haryana, India.
E-mail: palsajjan14@gmail.com
The world has been facing a global threat from the past few months from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). There has been a significant increase in morbidity and mortality due to this ongoing pandemic which is creating a global challenge. This pandemic is having a profound effect on all aspects of society especially the physical and mental health of the people. There has been a rising concern about the mental health of normal population, COVID-19 patients, Healthcare Workers (HCW) or doctors, children and the elderly population. Recent research has reported symptoms of anxiety, depression and other symptoms of psychological distress among these populations. The main purpose of this review was to focus on various mental health issues and the coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic period.
Awareness, Health issues, Outbreak, Psychological health
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2020/45839.14298
Date of Submission: Jul 10, 2020
Date of Peer Review: Sep 19, 2020
Date of Acceptance: Oct 22, 2020
Date of Publishing: Dec 15, 2020
AUTHOR DECLARATION:
• Financial or Other Competing Interests: None
• Was Ethics Committee Approval obtained for this study? NA
• Was informed consent obtained from the subjects involved in the study? Yes
• For any images presented appropriate consent has been obtained from the subjects. NA
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• Plagiarism X-checker: Jul 11, 2020
• Manual Googling: Oct 10, 2020
• iThenticate Software: Nov 20, 2020 (12%)
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