Overview of mental health issues of COVID-19: need of the hour

Malathesh, Barikar C; Chatterjee, Seshadri Sekhar; Das, Soumitra

doi:10.1136/gpsych-2020-100233

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“…Our results suggested that intensive media exposure to news about COVID-19 was detrimental for mental health, as the prevalence of the four mental health problems surveyed was significantly higher among those who spent at least 4 hours a day (and about 8 hours on average) looking for information about COVID-19, and these associations remained highly significant after adjustment for other covariates. This result echoed those of previous studies of smaller and non-representative samples 14 15 : uncontrolled spread of false information on social media can certainly fuel confusion, anxiety and panic, 16 but massive exposure to more or less reliable information on mainstream media may also act as a stressor, with a potential traumatic impact. Of course, the media played a crucial role in informing the public about the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting preventive behaviours, but it probably came at a cost, especially because of the unprecedented combination of lockdown and massive and stressful media coverage of the epidemics: the lockdown General Psychiatry ensured that people were even more highly exposed to this media coverage than usual and less able either to escape their television, computer or telephone screens or to cope with stress and sleep issues by exercising outside.…”

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Anxiety, depression and sleep problems: a second wave of COVID-19

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“…Increased duty hours and disrupted biological rhythm during the quarantine might lead to insomnia (Liu et al, 2020 ). Inadequate supply of personal protective equipment, problematic media coverage and stigma might exacerbate stress (Lai et al, 2020 ; Malathesh et al, 2020 ; Menon et al, 2020 ). In a recent review of six studies, Spoorthy et al ( 2020 ) reported that “HCW are encountering a considerable degree of stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Apart from doctors, people working in healthcare facilities such as nurses, ward staff, cleaning staff, porters, and administrative staff are also variably vulnerable (Que et al, 2020 ) and might face mental health problems.…”

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Stress, Sleep and Psychological Impact in Healthcare Workers During the Early Phase of COVID-19 in India: A Factor Analysis

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Background: Risks to healthcare workers have escalated during the pandemic and they are likely to experience a greater level of stress. This cross-sectional study investigated mental distress among healthcare workers during the early phase of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in India.Method: 140 healthcare workers of a tertiary care hospital in India were assessed for perceived stress and insomnia. A factor analysis with principal component method reduced these questions to four components which were categorized as insomnia, stress-related anxiety, stress-related irritability, and stress-related hopelessness. Further statistical analyses were done on these factor scores to identify the predictors and investigate the differences between the different categories of healthcare workers.Result: Doctors had the highest level of anxiety among the healthcare workers. Both doctors and nurses perceived a greater level of irritability than the other HCWs. Compared to doctors and nurses, other HCWs were more likely to experience insomnia. Lower age, higher education, female gender, and urban habitat were associated with greater perception of anxiety. Older age, being quarantined, and single marital status were the significant predictors of irritability. Female gender, single marital-status, and higher number of medical ailments contributed to perceived hopelessness. Quarantine significantly predicted insomnia.Conclusion: Different categories of healthcare workers are experiencing varied mental health problems owing to their heterogeneous socio-demographic backgrounds. Tailored and personalized care, as well as policies, might help in alleviating their problems. Further research is warranted to explore the psychological distress and remedies among these frontline workers during and after the ongoing pandemic crisis.

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“…Quarantine or social isolation disrupts people's jobs and lives immensely, and hence it may have important implications for their health and well-being ( 7 , 8 ). These necessary measures lead the general population to a high level of stress and psychological problems, producing uncertainty, fear of contagion, and illness in themselves and their loved ones, and a fear of financial loss ( 7 , 10 , 11 ). Separation from loved ones, loss of freedom, losing direct social contact, employment, recreation, privileges, boredom ( 12 ), and uncertainty over the disease's status, on occasion, create dramatic effects that are among the significant stressors that will undoubtedly contribute to widespread emotional distress ( 13 ).…”

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Psychological Effects of Social Isolation Due to Quarantine in Chile: An Exploratory Study

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As we all know, COVID-19 has impacted the entire world. Quarantine disrupts people's lives, with high levels of stress and negative psychological impacts. Studies carried out mostly in the Far East, Europe, or the United States have started to provide evidence on survivors, frontline healthcare workers, and parents. The present study is the first survey to be carried out in Latin America (in Santiago, the capital of Chile). It aims to (a) explore the perceived psychological impact and future concerns; (b) evaluate vulnerability factors; (c) describe the perceived psychological impacts on participants whose psychological help and actual online psychotherapy was interrupted; and (d) explore the future need for psychological help. Procedure: An online survey was carried out (the first 2 weeks of lockdown in Santiago), which included sociodemographic data, perceived psychological impact, future concerns, and questions about psychological support. Participants: A total of 3,919 subjects answered, mostly women (80%). Results: The main perceived psychological impacts were concern (67%) and anxiety (60%). Future concerns were : general health (55.3%), employment (53.1%), and finances (49.8%). Younger participants had a greater perceived psychological impact ( p 's < 0.01) and concerns about employment, finances, mental health, stigma, and general health ( p 's < 0.001). Women reported more perceived psychological impact than men ( p 's < 0.05). Men reported mainly boredom (χ 2 = 11.82, gl = 1, p < 0.001). Dependent employees experienced more boredom, anxiety, distress, sleep problems, an inability to relax, and a lack of concentration than the self-employed (p's < 0.05). While the latter reported future concerns about employment and finances ( p 's < 0.001), dependent employees reported them on their general and mental health ( p 's < 0.001). Regarding psychological support, 22% of participants were receiving it before lockdown. They showed more perceived psychological impact than those who were not ( p 's < 0.01), and 7% of them had online psychotherapy, reporting excellent (32.1%) or odd but working (65.2%) results. Finally, of the total sample, almost half of the participants (43.8%) felt they would need emotional support after this pandemic, and these are the ones that also showed higher perceived psychological impact ( p 's < 0.001). This study confirms the presence of perceived negative emotional impact and concerns about the future. Also, there are vulnerable groups, such as women, younger people, the self-employed, and people with psychological processes that were interrupted.

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Overview of mental health issues of COVID-19: need of the hour

Cited by 15 publications

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Anxiety, depression and sleep problems: a second wave of COVID-19

Anxiety, depression and sleep problems: a second wave of COVID-19

Stress, Sleep and Psychological Impact in Healthcare Workers During the Early Phase of COVID-19 in India: A Factor Analysis

Psychological Effects of Social Isolation Due to Quarantine in Chile: An Exploratory Study

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