scholarly journals Review on Anxiety Disorders During Covid-19 Pandemic:

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Deepthi Gilla ◽  
Jaseel Ahammed ◽  
Akhila AL ◽  
Sreelakshmy SR
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Potential Utility ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Conventional System ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues

The unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic has created havoc in most areas of human lives. Anxiety disorders are most prevalent and disabling psychiatric disorders and the incidence is increased in this scenario. Homeopathy is an established system of medicine with evidence base on effectiveness in mental health issues. There is a dearth of literature concerning the potential utility of Homoeopathy in the management of psychological issues during this pandemic. This overview is aimed to find out the commonly prevalent anxiety disorders and to assess the usefulness of homoeopathic medicines in the management of anxiety through selective literature search of articles and available research studies in homoeopathy on anxiety. In conclusion, mental health is a critical concern in a pandemic's scenario and Homoeopathy can be a safe and effective alternative or adjunctive to the conventional system in the management of anxiety disorders during this chaotic situation.

scholarly journals Advancing Mental Health and Psychological Support for Health Care Workers Using Digital Technologies and Platforms (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiancheng Ye
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Care Workers

BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health crisis that has not only endangered the lives of patients but also resulted in increased psychological issues among medical professionals, especially frontline health care workers. As the crisis caused by the pandemic shifts from acute to protracted, attention should be paid to the devastating impacts on health care workers’ mental health and social well-being. Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the responses to the pandemic, which provide opportunities to advance mental health and psychological support for health care workers. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to develop a framework to describe and organize the psychological and mental health issues that health care workers are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the framework, this study also proposes interventions from digital health perspectives that health care workers can leverage during and after the pandemic. METHODS The psychological problems and mental health issues that health care workers have encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic were reviewed and analyzed based on the proposed MEET (Mental Health, Environment, Event, and Technology) framework, which also demonstrated the interactions among mental health, digital interventions, and social support. RESULTS Health care workers are facing increased risk of experiencing mental health issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including burnout, fear, worry, distress, pressure, anxiety, and depression. These negative emotional stressors may cause psychological problems for health care workers and affect their physical and mental health. Digital technologies and platforms are playing pivotal roles in mitigating psychological issues and providing effective support. The proposed framework enabled a better understanding of how to mitigate the psychological effects during the pandemic, recover from associated experiences, and provide comprehensive institutional and societal infrastructures for the well-being of health care workers. CONCLUSIONS The COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented challenges due to its prolonged uncertainty, immediate threat to patient safety, and evolving professional demands. It is urgent to protect the mental health and strengthen the psychological resilience of health care workers. Given that the pandemic is expected to exist for a long time, caring for mental health has become a “new normal” that needs a strengthened multisector collaboration to facilitate support and reduce health disparities. The proposed MEET framework could provide structured guidelines for further studies on how technology interacts with mental and psychological health for different populations.

scholarly journals Occupational Stress as correlates of Emotional Intelligence among Government School Lecturers (P.G.T)

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanderkant Gorsy ◽  
Ritu Goyat ◽  
Madhu Anand
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Faith Healing ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Government School ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Indian Context

Music has been used therapeutically for centuries, but only recently in treatment of mental health issues. Music therapy is defined by Bruscia as a “systematic process of intervention wherein the therapist helps the client to promote health, using music experiences and relationships that develop through them.” Music Therapy varies cross culturally. In India it is mainly used in connection to religion through chanting and faith healing. It hasn’t yet been considered at a broader scope such as in Neurologic Music Therapy or Psychoanalytic Music Therapy which are used in other countries. In this review, we consider the efficacy of music therapy in the Indian Context in relation to treatment of psychiatric disorders, especially as psychotherapy is still not widely accepted by the Indian Subcontinent. It is also not effective in all cases.

The Impact of the Model Minority Culture in Higher Education Institutions

2016 ◽  
pp. 404-445
Author(s):  
Ben Tran
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Model Minority ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are one of the fastest growing ethnic communities in the United States. Often referred to as the model minority, first coined by William Peterson, in 1966, AAPIs in the U.S. number approximately 15 million and represent more than 100 languages and dialects. However, few studies have investigated psychological consequences of internalizing the model minority. The purpose of this chapter is delve into the other side of the model minority façade, the less glamorous side of model minority, one of the causes of Asian Americans' psychological and mental health issues: the history of model minority, the concept of stereotype, and the various psychological and mental health issues, the reputation of the concept of psychological issues, and mental health services. While there is sacred empirical evidence in the support of the claim that direct causality exists between model minority and psychological and mental health issues, validities and correlations can be established, through the shared classification of diagnosed symptoms.

scholarly journals Modeling SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals with opioid use disorder with brain organoids

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 204173142098529
Author(s):  
Moshe J Willner ◽  
Yang Xiao ◽  
Hye Sung Kim ◽  
Xuejing Chen ◽  
Bin Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Opioid Use Disorder ◽  
Financial Instability ◽  
Potential Utility ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Neurological Sequelae ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Brain Organoid

The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated a preexisting epidemic: the opioid crisis. Much literature has shown that the circumstances imposed by COVID-19, such as social distancing regulations, medical and financial instability, and increased mental health issues, have been detrimental to those with opioid use disorder (OUD). In addition, unexpected neurological sequelae in COVID-19 patients suggest that COVID-19 compromises neuroimmunity, induces hypoxia, and causes respiratory depression, provoking similar effects as those caused by opioid exposure. Combined conditions of COVID-19 and OUD could lead to exacerbated complications. With limited human in vivo options to study these complications, we suggest that iPSC-derived brain organoid models may serve as a useful platform to investigate the physiological connection between COVID-19 and OUD. This mini-review highlights the advances of brain organoids in other neuropsychiatric and infectious diseases and suggests their potential utility for investigating OUD and COVID-19, respectively.

scholarly journals Burden of Psychological Issues in Young, Adults and Parents Globally and in India due to COVID

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
Psychiatric Diagnoses ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has since spread to several provinces in China. India had 15.3 million cases as of April 21, 2021, with 13.1 million cases recovered; however, 181 thousand patients died as a result of the covid. The government enforced a full lockdown across the country to break the chain of Covid infections. People became isolated from society as a result of the lockdown. They limited access to the healthcare system, as well as schools, universities, and other social institutions. The new normal was difficult for people to adjust to, the health-care system was on the verge of collapsing, and the fear of COVID caused widespread anxiety and mental health issues. According to the recent study published in Lancet on November 9, 18 percent of COVID-19 patients developed a mental health issue— like depression, anxiety, or dementia — within 3 months of diagnosis. Their risk was doubled compared to people who didn’t have COVID-19. In the study, authors examined whether a diagnosis of COVID-19 was associated with increased rates of subsequent psychiatric diagnoses, and whether patients with a history of psychiatric illness are at a higher risk of being diagnosed with COVID-19, using data from 69 million people, 62354 of whom have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

scholarly journals The curvilinear relationship between the age of adults and their mental health in Iran after its peak of COVID-19 cases

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyao Chen ◽  
Stephen X. Zhang ◽  
Yifei Wang ◽  
Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi ◽  
Maryam Mokhtari Dinani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues

AbstractThe emerging body of research on the predictors of mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed contradictory findings, which prevent effective psychiatry screening for mental health assistance. This study aims to identify the predictors of nonsomatic pain, depression, anxiety, and distress, especially focusing on age as a nonlinear predictor. We conducted a survey of 474 adults in Iran during April 1–10, 2020, when Iran had just passed its first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic with new confirmed cases. We found that Age had a curvilinear relationship with nonsomatic pain, depression, and anxiety. Age was associated with pain, depression, and anxiety disorders negatively among adults younger than 45 years, but positively among seniors older than 70 years. Adults who were female, unsure about their chronic diseases, and exercised less per day were more likely to have mental health issues. This study advances the use of age as an effective predictor by uncovering a curvilinear relationship between individuals’ age and mental health issues by using a sample of adults across a wide spectrum of ages. We hope future research on mental health during COVID-19 pays more attention to nonlinear predictors.

Mental Health Challenges in Children With Intellectual Disabilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 745-771
Author(s):  
Nisha Elizabeth Mathew ◽  
Amelia Walter ◽  
Valsamma Eapen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Population ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Service Delivery Models ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
Delivery Models

There is limited evidence base regarding mental health issues in people with intellectual disability (ID), and hence, findings from the general population are often applied to ID groups. Available evidence suggests that individuals with ID experience higher rates of mental health disorders than the general population, although findings are mixed with regard to the determinants of this increased prevalence. Further, the consequences of this comorbidity for individuals, families, and the wider community are often overlooked including the multiple challenges in identifying and managing these concerns. Accurate diagnosis and effective intervention are currently hindered by factors including the applicability of standardized psychiatric classification systems, gaps in service delivery models and access to such services, as well as unmet training needs. It is critical that further research is carried out to examine the specific challenges facing individuals with ID along with facilitating appropriate mental health services to individuals with ID.

Active Music Therapy’s Application in India versus Psychotherapy

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anusha Ramji
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Faith Healing ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Systematic Process ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Neurologic Music Therapy

Music has been used therapeutically for centuries, but only recently in treatment of mental health issues. Music therapy is defined by Bruscia as a “systematic process of intervention wherein the therapist helps the client to promote health, using music experiences and relationships that develop through them.” Music Therapy varies cross culturally. In India it is mainly used in connection to religion through chanting and faith healing. It hasn’t yet been considered at a broader scope such as in Neurologic Music Therapy or Psychoanalytic Music Therapy which are used in other countries. In this review, we consider the efficacy of music therapy in the Indian Context in relation to treatment of psychiatric disorders, especially as psychotherapy is still not widely accepted by the Indian Subcontinent. It is also not effective in all cases.

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