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Psychological aspects of COVID‐19
Author(s) -
StamuO’Brien Caroline,
Carniciu Simona,
Halvorsen Elizabeth,
Jafferany Mohammad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cosmetic dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.626
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1473-2165
pISSN - 1473-2130
DOI - 10.1111/jocd.13601
Subject(s) - anxiety , paranoia , psychosocial , pandemic , psychology , covid-19 , worry , clinical psychology , phobias , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
Background COVID‐19 pandemic has affected the world from every aspect. Individuals are drained from social, financial, and emotional percussion of this pandemic. Psychosocial consequences are far greater than are being perceived. It is anticipated that once the pandemic is over the psycho‐emotional turbulence would shake the whole populations of affected countries. Aims and Objectives To review the psychological consequences of COVID‐19 pandemic. Methods A literature search was conducted on major databases from January 2020 to April 2020 with the search terms of Covid‐19, Corona virus, psychological, depression, anxiety, phobias, obsessive behaviors, paranoia, parental relationship, marital life and maternal and fetal bond. Conclusion Patients with COVID‐19 infection are more likely to suffer from a myriad of psychological consequences, and this infection may have profound effect on parenting, relationships, marital life, elderly, and maternal‐fetal bond.