THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS A GLOBAL THREAT TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE POPULATION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/pub.health.2022.2.5Keywords:
COVID-19, mental health, depression, threatAbstract
The article considered the main principles of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental state of the population, both at the individual and population levels. The main factors affecting a person’s emotional state and causing its deterioration have been identified. With the help of bibliographic, analytical and statistical methods, the main patterns of the spread of the negative phenomenon of the pandemic on the family life of the population and on suicidal attitudes among people were determined. As a result of the work, it was concluded that the situation with COVID-19 has caused both material and moral damage to everyone, because a constant life in anxiety and uncertainty has affected the mental health of society with such manifestations as excessive anxiety, insomnia, depression, harmful use of alcohol and drugs.
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