Open AccessImpact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among Indians: A posttraumatic stress disorder
Author(s) -
Sudha Bala,
Harshal T Pandve,
Rinee Manna,
B.S. Sreelal,
Sunil Patel,
Tanmay Saxena,
Sona G. Joy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_121_20
Subject(s) - stressor , worry , mental health , coping (psychology) , pandemic , acute stress disorder , psychology , traumatic stress , clinical psychology , population , social support , psychiatry , covid-19 , medicine , posttraumatic stress , disease , anxiety , environmental health , psychotherapist , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
Post Traumatic stress disorder usually occurs after a traumatic event and nowadays we are all facing the pandemic - the COVID-19 which has effected our mental health to a great extent. So this study was taken up to assess the risk of Post traumatic stress disorder symptoms using impact of event scale-revised (IES-R), their main stressors and coping measurements.