Author : Sathyamurthi. k1, anjali u s2, akhil kumar.p3, ancy babu3, ciju silpa.b . p, hemalatha3 and jithin krishna3
Keyword : Anxiety, stress, mental health, covid 19, indian population
Subject : Psychiatry
Article Type : Original article (research)
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Abstract : The recent outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel Corona virus has affected most of the people globally and India is striving to eradicate the virus as India is the highest populated country next to China. It might cause various physical and mental health issues. Corona is a single stranded RNA virus that had its roots into the world from almost 60 years since its discovery in late 1960s. Corona viruses belong to the corona viridae family in the nidovirales order. The study focuses on anxiety and stress disorder during Covid19 among the general public India. The symptoms of anxiety and stress are common psychological reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic, and may be associated with disturbed sleep. When the global focus has mostly been on testing, finding a cure and preventing transmission, people are going through a myriad of mental health problems in adjusting to the current lifestyles and fear of the disease. Since lot of people in India are facing different mental illness due to long-term isolation and the new normal lifestyle we decided to conduct an online survey to evaluate the mental health issues faced by the Indian population during Covid19 outbreak. This paper focused on the level of anxiety and depression among Indian population during covid 19 pandemic outbreak.
Article by : sathyamurthik
Article add date : 2020-12-09
How to cite : Sathyamurthi. k1, anjali u s2, akhil kumar.p3, ancy babu3, ciju silpa.b . p, hemalatha3 and jithin krishna3. (2020-December-09). Mental health status of indian population during covid19 outbreak. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/404