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COVID-19 & MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT



Risks to mental health:

  • Those who have no mental health problems but have predisposition, may break down emotionally.

  • Those who have existing mental health issues may relapse.

  • Both can affect overall mental wellbeing of the community


Why?

Because the pandemic is a potent stressor:

It is a potent stressor by following the pandemic epidemiology itself, and also the indirect effect of illness. No clear evidence of direct psychopathologic effects yet, but research is ongoing.