Hisham, IN; Townsend, G; Gillard, S; Debnath, B; Sin, J
(2021)
COVID-19: the perfect vector for a mental health epidemic.
BJPsych Bull, 45 (6).
pp. 332-338.
ISSN 2056-4694
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2020.60
SGUL Authors: Gillard, Steven George Sin, Pui Han Jacqueline
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Abstract
In times of crisis, people have historically had to band together to overcome. What happens when they cannot? This article examines the reality of people forced to isolate from one another during one of the most turbulent events of their lives: the COVID-19 pandemic. Connecting the dots of topics including fear, social stigmas, global public response and previous disease outbreaks, this article discusses the negative mental health effects that individuals and communities will likely suffer as the result of social distancing, isolation and physical infection.
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| Additional Information: | © The Authors 2020. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | ||||||||
| Keywords: | COVID-19, abuse, epidemic, isolation, mental health, pandemic, public health, social distancing, stigma, COVID-19, pandemic, epidemic, mental health, isolation, social distancing, public health, abuse, stigma | ||||||||
| SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: | Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH) | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | BJPsych Bull | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2056-4694 | ||||||||
| Language: | eng | ||||||||
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| Publisher License: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||||
| PubMed ID: | 32475375 | ||||||||
| Web of Science ID: | WOS:000722371400007 | ||||||||
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| URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/112017 | ||||||||
| Publisher's version: | https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2020.60 |
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