Open AccessExposure to COVID-19 is Not the Only Threat to Mental Health
Author(s) -
Jesús Ric
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychology and psychological research international journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0319
DOI - 10.23880/pprij-16000253
Subject(s) - pandemic , mental health , covid-19 , public health , population , environmental health , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , nursing , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
Due to the innovation and jeopardy of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, it has been observed that the population is not treating their pre-existing health conditions as usual. It has also been observed that people, for the fear of being infected with COVID-19 and due to confinement, do not continue with their treatments of health conditions diagnosed prior to the pandemic, and it will be possible an increase, in the not too distant future, of other health conditions. Also, the health of the population, both physical and mental, can be compromised. The objective of this article is to present some of the conditions that have been observed during other epidemic episodes and some risk factors that population are currently exposed to due to COVID-19. As health professionals we have to create awareness about the importance of provide immediate attention to these mental health conditions because it could become a detrimental public health problem also, this issue can possibly be greater than the one we have today with the pandemic.