Open AccessCOVID‑19 related stress exacerbates common physical and mental pathologies and affects treatment (Review)
Author(s) -
Konstantinos Tsamakis,
Andreas S. Triantafyllis,
Dimitrios Tsiptsios,
Eleftherios Spartalis,
Christoph Mueller,
Charalampos Tsamakis,
Sofia Chaidou,
Demetrios A. Spandidos,
Lampros Fotis,
Marina Economou,
Emmanouil Rizos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
experimental and therapeutic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1792-1015
pISSN - 1792-0981
DOI - 10.3892/etm.2020.8671
Subject(s) - covid-19 , anxiety , mental health , pandemic , public health , molecular medicine , neurology , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , cancer , cell cycle , pathology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global public health emergency resulting in unprecedented individual and societal fear and anxiety. The stress surrounding this biothreat appears to have clinical implications in all aspects of medicine, both in mental and physical health spheres. The impact of COVID-19 related anxiety in Cardiology, Paediatrics, Oncology, Dermatology, Neurology and Mental Health and how it affects treatments is discussed. Moreover, the need for introducing novel communication and therapeutic approaches is highlighted in the new landscape of the COVID-19 era.