Stigma and Mental Health during COVID-19 New Normal Transition in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Normal Transition

Editor’s Note: Another Tough Year Comes to an End

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Tom Ondicho
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Disruptive Effect ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Internal Mobility

As the end of the year 2021 draws near, it is time to reflect and take stock as well as look into the future. This year like 2020 was equally tough as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to wreak havoc in the world. The mortality and morbidity rates remain high despite the development of a vaccine and many people being vaccinated. New variants of the virus emerged in 2021 leading to renewed restrictions on businesses and internal mobility as well as international travel to some parts of the world. No doubt, the pandemic has had a cascading disruptive effect on all facets of life and continues to impact on people’s mental health, and academic being a stressful career than others, scholars need to do what they can to take care of their mental health and wellbeing during this period. This can involve simple steps such as taking a few days off to relax or to connect with family and friends. I hope you have started planning and hopefully, we have learned some lessons from 2020 and 2021 and will be better prepared and equipped to adjust to whatever the ‘New Normal’ has in store for us in 2022.

scholarly journals Remote working in the period of the COVİD-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sefa Bulut ◽  
Reziyamu Maimaiti
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Mental Health Disorder ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
New Normal ◽  
The Social

Working remotely was an option for the employees before the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it's become a new working format and compulsory for the white collars to work at home. Even if it seems attractive at first look, the new format of working style actually has caused lots of problems especially on employees' mental health. The social life, private comfort zone, and working environment of the workers have mixed with each other and the equilibrium among them which gave certainty and predictability is totally broken now. Actually, the employees started to search for a new normal and balance in the pandemic. I am planning to focus on the new psychological problems that popped up in the pandemic with regard to remote working. Basing on four main feelings which are stress, anxiety, uncertainty, and loneliness, it is structured to focus on the problems which are the broken balance between work and family, the problem of workload and over-working, the future ambiguity about the career, and miscommunication, to analyze how these problems bring out mental health disorder. In the final part, I will try to give some suggestions on how to get over it or reduce it. 

scholarly journals The warrior within: Fortifying mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (81) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Janet A. Young ◽  
Alan J. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
New Normal ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

There is growing evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of individuals throughout the world. Coaches are not immune from this risk as they continue to see their livelihoods affected with closures and restrictions. This paper examines what coaches can do to mitigate the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. A number of key strategies are put forward for coaches to consider in preparation of a ‘new normal’.

scholarly journals The challenge and response of mental health institutions in COVID-19 pandemic: from chaos to new normal

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Wang ◽  
Lina Wang ◽  
Xuebing Liu ◽  
Yuping Ning ◽  
Wei Hao
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Mental Health Institutions

scholarly journals Facing the 'New Normal': How Adjusting to the Easing of COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions Exposes Mental Health Inequalities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi A. Fineberg ◽  
Luca Pellegrini ◽  
David Wellsted ◽  
Natalie Hall ◽  
Ornella Corazza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
New Normal

scholarly journals Facing the “new normal”: How adjusting to the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions exposes mental health inequalities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi A. Fineberg ◽  
Luca Pellegrini ◽  
David Wellsted ◽  
Natalie Hall ◽  
Ornella Corazza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
New Normal

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Its Predicament on LGBT Communities in India - A Mini Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-27
Author(s):  
Joshitha Sankam
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Normal ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ways Of Life

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of many people around the globe. The pandemic results in increased challenges and risks for LGBT communities making them more vulnerable to the outbreak. The lives of LGBT communities were not comfortable before the "new normal," and the pandemic has further caused a strain on their ways of life. This article reviews the impact and predicament of COVID 19 on the LGBT communities of India. Keywords: COVID 19, LGBT Communities, healthcare, transgender, mental health, discrimination.

scholarly journals A longitudinal investigation of mental health, perceived learning environment and burdens in a cohort of first-year German medical students’ before and during the COVID-19 ‘new normal’

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Kathrin Schindler ◽  
Sabine Polujanski ◽  
Thomas Rotthoff
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Perceived Learning ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Study Programme

Abstract Background Medical students’ propensity to develop mental morbidity has been described for decades but remains unresolved. To assess student mental health person-centred and longitudinally, we have been investigating a cohort of German students since October 2019. After their first semester under ‘normal’ conditions, rapid changes became necessary due to the COVID-19 situation. In line with the initial aim, we investigated students’ change of mental health, perceived learning environment and burdens in the ‘new normal’. Methods Students in a newly founded German medical study programme (n = 63) answered a questionnaire each semester (October 2019 = entering medical school; December 2019 = ‘old normal’; June 2020 = ‘new normal’; December 2020 = ‘new normal’) on their well-being (FAHW-12), burnout (Maslach Inventory), depression (PHQ-9), perception of the learning environment (DREEM), burdens and protective attitudes in the ‘new normal’ (items designed for the study). Results Friedman tests reveal overall significant differences (all p < .001) in depression and burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, personal accomplishment); changes in well-being were identified as just non-significant (p = .05). The effects were explained by a significant increase in burnout and depression identified post-hoc from October 2019 to December 2019. No increase in severity was identified in the ‘new normal’ semesters. The learning environment was perceived positively even with a significant improvement for June 2020 (repeated measures ANOVA p < .001). Study-related burdens (e.g. procrastination of online-learning material) took on greater relevance than burdens related to physicians’ occupation (e.g. potential for students' recruitment to the healthcare system during their studies). Conclusions The ‘new’ when entering medical school had a greater impact on our students’ mental health than the ‘new normal’. The readiness for change in the context of a newly designed study programme may have been beneficial with regard to students’ positively perceived learning environment during the virtual semesters. Monitoring medical students’ mental health longitudinally should be a concern regardless of a pandemic.

Body dysmorphic disorder: the ongoing effects of lockdown on mental health

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 364-367
Author(s):  
Claire Hool
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Area Of Concern

Though restrictions are lifting and we have already started navigating this ‘new normal’, the repercussions of the pandemic on mental health are yet to be fully realised. One area of concern is the apparent rise in people emerging from lockdown suffering from body dysmorphic disorder. Claire Hool explores the reasons for this rise and discusses the ways that aesthetic practitioners can help patients who are showing signs of this underdiagnosed disorder

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