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Mental Health Challenges and Psycho-social Interventions amid COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action for Pakistan

2020; Volume: 30; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.29271/jcpsp.2020.supp1.s59

1681-7168

Salima Farooq, Saima Sachwani, Sonia Ijaz Haider, Sajid Iqbal, Yasmin Parpio, Humera Saeed, Sonia Ijaz Haider,

Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

The increase in death and spread-related coronavirus (COVID-19) has shifted the world focus to the containment of the disease by emphasising measures to prevent spread in the general population.Such a complex, threatening, and unprecedented situation has left the psycho-social wellbeing needs of general public unaddressed.This paper aims to review the current COVID-19 scenario and its effects on the psycho-social wellbeing of people; and an attempt to shed some light on the aforementioned questions.Furthermore, the review will propose some recommendations for overcoming the mental illness issues, during and after the COVID-19 outbreak.We extracted information from reliable published international and national literature and reviewed anecdotes from media content from January to June 2020.The mental health implications of this outbreak will be longlasting; however, by prioritising, investing diligently, and taking a collective approach, this challenge can be dealt with in a promising manner.