scholarly journals COVID-19, mental health and psychological first aid

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Minihan ◽  
B. Gavin ◽  
B. D. Kelly ◽  
F. McNicholas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
First Aid ◽  
World Health ◽  
Psychological First Aid ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health And Well Being

Crises such as the global pandemic of COVID-19 (coronavirus) elicit a range of responses from individuals and societies adversely affecting physical and emotional well-being. This article provides an overview of factors elicited in response to COVID-19 and their impact on immunity, physical health, mental health and well-being. Certain groups, such as individuals with mental illness, are especially vulnerable, so it is important to maximise the supports available to this population and their families during the pandemic. More broadly, the World Health Organization recommends ‘Psychological First Aid’ as a useful technique that can help many people in a time of crisis.

scholarly journals COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the global lockdown and its far-reaching effects

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 003685042110198
Author(s):  
Helen Onyeaka ◽  
Christian K Anumudu ◽  
Zainab T Al-Sharify ◽  
Esther Egele-Godswill ◽  
Paul Mbaegbu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Delivery ◽  
Environmental Air ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the 11th of March 2020, leading to some form of lockdown across almost all countries of the world. The extent of the global pandemic due to COVID-19 has a significant impact on our lives that must be studied carefully to combat it. This study highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on crucial aspects of daily life globally, including; Food security, Global economy, Education, Tourism, hospitality, sports and leisure, Gender Relation, Domestic Violence/Abuse, Mental Health and Environmental air pollution through a systematic search of the literature. The COVID-19 global lockdown was initiated to stem the spread of the virus and ‘flatten the curve’ of the pandemic. However, the impact of the lockdown has had far-reaching effects in different strata of life, including; changes in the accessibility and structure of education delivery to students, food insecurity as a result of unavailability and fluctuation in prices, the depression of the global economy, increase in mental health challenges, wellbeing and quality of life amongst others. This review article highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown across the globe. As the global lockdown is being lifted in a phased manner in various countries of the world, it is necessary to explore its impacts to understand its consequences comprehensively. This will guide future decisions that will be made in a possible future wave of the COVID-19 pandemic or other global disease outbreak.

Study on comfort evaluation in outdoor space using EEG and questionnaire survey

Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-41
Author(s):  
Teppei Ishiuchi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
World Health ◽  
Comfort Evaluation ◽  
The World ◽  
Outdoor Space ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Lifestyle Patterns

Science has proven that green spaces are important to mental health. According to the World Health Organization, having access to green spaces can reduce health inequalities, improve wellbeing and aid in treatment of mental illness. However, in a modern society where values are diversified and lifestyle patterns are constantly changing, it is not clear whether parks and green spaces are equally effective for all people. Dr Teppei Ishiuchi is exploring how green spaces can impact on mental health. This research ties into a bigger goal of creating living environments where all people feel equally comfortable.

COVID-19’s Direct and Indirect Impact

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Irma Ruslina Defi
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
Indirect Impact ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health And Well Being

The COVID-19 outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of worldwide concern by the World Health Organization. The direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on health and well-being are still being investigated. In addition to the direct impacts of COVID-19 disease, social distancing and lockdown measures have had a significant and unequal effect on individuals, households, and communities through restrictions imposed on our daily social an d economic activities.

World Health Organization

1947 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-136 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
New World ◽  
International Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Hunter College ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health And Well Being

Designed as a collective instrument to raise the standards of health and well-being of all peoples throughout the world, a new World Health Organization was launched, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, by the International Health Conference, which met at Hunter College, June 19 to July 22, 1946.

scholarly journals Mental stress post-COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Zafir Khan Mohamed Makhbul ◽  
Zainab Rawshdeh
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Excessive Stress

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that is plaguing the world today surely carves a dark, unforgettable history. It has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). This shows that it has spread worldwide, transcending every border, and then finally penetrating every corner of the world. Despite its small size (measured in nanometer), its influence is great enough in triggering stress. As various countries declare a state of Emergency, restricted movement order and lockdown, varying reactions like sorrow, anxiety, misperception and fear have been ignited in the society. All of these have cumulatively caused stress among them. This current review paper summarizes and discusses the published literature addressing mental health concerns linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies show that excessive stress causes the failure in the individual’s mental and physical systems. The issue here is how the situation at the workplace, post-COVID-19 is different from the previous situation. Thus, the psychological preparation of every member in the organization is crucial to face the challenges coming their way. The available literature showed consensus that the COVID-19 pandemic not only affects physical health, but also stress and well-being. In conclusion, emotional well-being must be emphasized through training and human resource development strategy to prepare and empower the mentality of the organizational members to address this stress.

scholarly journals Introduction to Special Issue. Distancing, Disease and Distress: The Young and COVID-19: Exploring Young People’s Experience of Inequalities and Their Resourcefulness During the Pandemic

Young ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-330
Author(s):  
Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson ◽  
Shane Blackman ◽  
Hannah King ◽  
Jeanette Østergaard
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The COVID-19 global pandemic has impacted everyone’s lives—young and old. When the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020 and one country after another went into lockdown, we as editors of YOUNG and youth researchers living in five different countries naturally started to think about and reflect on what impact the pandemic would have on young people’s everyday lives, their well-being and futures across different national settings. In response to this uncertainty and in the interest of capturing young people’s experiences, we as editors called for this special issue to focus on young people and COVID-19, exploring their changed everyday lives and how they adapted to the global pandemic. To accommodate the immense interest and the high quality of many of the submissions, this special issue of YOUNG is a double issue with 11 articles.

scholarly journals Abordaje de problemas de salud mental durante situaciones de crisis sanitaria

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-24
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Pérez ◽  
Julio Cesar Cerna Cano ◽  
Luz Marina Alonso-Palacio ◽  
Edgardo Chacón-Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Normal Stresses ◽  
The World ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Individual

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines mental health as “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community”1. Consequently, mental health is a construct composed of psychological, emotional, social and environmental issues which includes a person’s ability to function under adversity and also to adapt to changes around them.

scholarly journals Depression in Someone Who Has Divorce

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andria Pragholapati
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Total Population ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Mental Health Survey ◽  
The World ◽  
Mental Health Survey ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Depression Disorder

Depression disorder is a type of mental illness that often occurs in the community. Theprevalence of depressive disorders in Indonesia is as much as 11.60% of the total population inIndonesia around 24.708,000 people and 50 percent occur at the age of 20-50 years (MOH,2011). In addition, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2011, Depression is acomplex disorder that affects more than 120 million people worldwide (Lepine & Briley, 2011)and is predicted to be the second-largest cause of disability in the world by 2020. In 2012 theWHO estimated depression to strike 350 million people (WHO, 2012). A survey conducted bythe World Mental Health Survey of 17 countries found that on average 1 in 20 peopleexperience depression.

EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH DIABETES

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indre Cergelyte - Podgrusiene
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Peripheral Vascular ◽  
Severe Problem ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Right ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Health And Well Being

Diabetes is a very severe problem in medicine and for all people. It is a very heavy illness, which destroys normal human’s life from all sides, such as- emotional, lifestyle and social integration. It needs a lot of money to treat people who have that kind of illness. World Health Organization (WHO, 2015), said that Diabetes is a disorder of the world which is threatening peoples’ health and well-being. Diabetes is caused by not only the endocrine, construction and other body systems breach: patients develop diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease (stroke, coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease), infertility problems and diabetic foot. Therefore, adolescent’s education is very important, if the right knowledge and skills are received then adolescents are able to prevent complications and adapt to a new life. In adolescence, environment is very important for education, because they can find information about diabetes from different sources. Educational environment helps for appropriate selflearning.

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