Open AccessPandemic: the view of a clinical psychologist
Author(s) -
А. Н. Алехин,
Е. А. Дубинина
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
arterialʹnaâ gipertenziâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2411-8524
pISSN - 1607-419X
DOI - 10.18705/1607-419x-2020-26-3-312-316
Subject(s) - pandemic , mental health , socioeconomic status , covid-19 , psychology , public health , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , virology , nursing , population , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Recent studies indicate that COVID-19 pandemic has significant negative consequences for the public mental health. These consequences should be assessed and analyzed in the future, but it is already clear, that mass surveys with the use of standard psychological instruments are not adequate for this purpose. The authors emphasize that all stress factors associated with the pandemic (virtual threat and informational stress, deprivation, socioeconomic stress) should be taken into account and qualitatively studied and expect an increase in the prevalence of stressrelated mental disorders and physical diseases.