Open AccessPsychomorbidity, Resilience, and Exacerbating and Protective Factors During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Donya Gilan,
Nikolaus Röthke,
Manpreet Blessin,
Angela Kunzler,
Jutta StoffersWinterling,
Markus Müssig,
Kenneth S.L. Yuen,
Oliver Tüscher,
Johannes Thrul,
Frauke Kreuter,
Philipp Sprengholz,
Cornelia Betsch,
R. D. Stieglitz,
Klaus Lieb
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0625
Subject(s) - loneliness , worry , mental health , anxiety , population , medicine , somatization , pandemic , distress , psychological resilience , psycinfo , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , gerontology , environmental health , medline , covid-19 , disease , social psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , political science , law
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused mental stress in a number of ways: overstrain of the health care system, lockdown of the economy, restricted opportunities for interpersonal contact and excursions outside the home and workplace, and quarantine measures where necessary. In this article, we provide an overview of psychological distress in the current pandemic, identifying protective factors and risk factors.