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Informative Article | Psychiatry | India | Volume 9 Issue 7, July 2020 | Rating: 6.4 / 10
Psychological Resilience during COVID-19
Jipsa Philip
Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has brought about great turmoil in every life in this world. It has not only stricken fatality and infectivity but has a universal psychosocial impact, by causing mass hysteria, economic burden, and financial losses. While many are affected by the coronavirus, in the same proportion people are affected by different types of mental distresses. Fear and anxiety about a new disease and what could happen can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children. When the global focus has mostly been on testing, finding a cure and preventing transmission; people are going through a myriad of psychological problems in adjusting to the current lifestyles like working from home, temporary unemployment, home-schooling of children, and lack of physical contact with other family members, friends and colleagues, and fear of the disease. Providentially, we can look after our mental health and help others who may need some extra support and care in many different ways such as take breaks from the news, treadmill your daily life, avoid alcohol and drug use, maintain linkup, generate worry drop, compassionate to others and support health worker, recognize mental health problem in your near and dear one and stay calm. Eventually, there is only one explanation for solving this situation, show compassion, and care by maintaining adequate social distancing. Unload the negative side and upload the positive side to maintain a healthy life both physical and mental.
Keywords: psychological resilience, mental problems, covid-19
Edition: Volume 9 Issue 7, July 2020
Pages: 1501 - 1503