Mental Health Aspects of Pandemics
This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about Mental health Aspects of SARS-CoV2. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about transmission routes, please use that page, instead of posting your content here.
Contents
What is already known
- Large scale disasters frequently have secondary consequences, including mental health outcomes among those affected. [1]
- Symptoms may affect those indirectly and directly affected by a natural disaster [2], ranging from increased stress levels [3] and perception of threat with consequent behavioural changes to PTSD [4]
Topic 1
Observations
Analysis and interpretation
Consequences for action
References
- ↑ Neria Y, Nandi A, Galea S. 2008. Post-traumatic stress disorder following disasters: a systematic review. Psychol. Med. 38:467–80
- ↑ Rubin et al Enduring consequences of terrorism: 7-month follow-up survey of reactions to the bombings in London on 7 July 2005. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY (2007), 190, 350-356.doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.106.029785. Also at: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/kcmhr/publications/assetfiles/cbrn/Rubin2007-londonbombings.pdf
- ↑ Schuster,M. A., Stein, B. D., Jaycox, L.H., et al (2001) A national survey of stress reactions after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. New England Journal of Medicine, 345,1507-1512.
- ↑ Waite et al 2017 The English national cohort study of flooding and health: cross-sectional analysis of mental health outcomes at year one BMC Public Health 2017; 17:129 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-4000-2
