Adv Exp Med Biol . Potential Mechanisms of COVID-19-Related Psychological Problems and Mental Disorders

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Adv Exp Med Biol


. 2021;1318:727-735.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-63761-3_40.
Potential Mechanisms of COVID-19-Related Psychological Problems and Mental Disorders


Alfred Shaw[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



Affiliations

• PMID: 33973208
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63761-3_40

Abstract

As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread, so has the psychological impact of the disease been felt worldwide. Despite this, the mechanisms of COVID-19-related psychological problems and mental disorders remain unclear. As such, effective therapeutic schemes or intervention strategies cannot be developed. It is, therefore, necessary to establish a theoretical basis of psychological problems and mental disorders related to public health emergencies such as COVID-19. Herein, the potential mechanisms of occurrence and development of COVID-19-related psychological problems and mental disorders have been discussed from two angles: the pandemic as a public health emergency itself and the extensive quarantine situation during the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Mechanism; Mental disorders; Pandemic; Psychology; Quarantine.