Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health: A Narrative Review
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COVID-19 is an infectious disease that is serious, lethal, and transmissible. Since December 2019 the aftermath of the COVID-19 has been experienced by millions of global populations in all age groups, i.e., from newborn to elderly, regardless of gender. In consequence, it has triggered widespread apprehension, fear, hopelessness, and stress in the populace. The pandemic has decimated jobs and put at risk millions of livelihoods. The vivid challenges being faced are multifold, e. g., fear, depression, poor physical well-being, economic collapses, educational and professional hardships, domestic violence, family breakdowns, and many more. COVID-19 is a new type of coronavirus that had not been identified in humans previously. There are several behavioral and mental health-related problems increasing in all people due to Coronavirus which are relatively more important than physical well-being. Thus, this paper aims to comprehensively review the current literature on the negative effect of the COVID-19 on behavioral and mental health, as well as pertinent, useful, and effective psychosocial interventions to be provided to the needy and vulnerable brackets of human society. To accomplish this work, relevant and major research papers available on PUBMED and Google Scholar have been searched and reviewed. In addition, a few more chapters and articles (published after the year 2000) have also been reviewed on interventional research to be useful and incorporated. At last, methodological limitations and conclusions focus on a need for more representative research to understand the prevalence of mental health problems among the general population due to pandemics.
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COVID-19, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Psychological Interventions, Developmental Stages
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