Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Cuité, Paraíba, Brazil.
School of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte (FMJ/Estácio) - Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil.
Psychiatry Res. 2020 Jun;288:112977. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112977. Epub 2020 Apr 12.
According to UNESCO's monitoring, more than 160 countries implemented nationwide closures, which impacted over 87% of the world's student population. Several other countries implemented localized school closures; should these closures become nationwide, millions of additional learners will experience education disruption. Universities from around the world have been uncertain about how long the coronavirus crisis will last and how it might affect the mental health of students and faculty. The psychological impact has been a critical disruptor, creating anxiety and uncertainty.
The data were cross-checked with information from the main international newspapers.
By discussing online and distance education, the coronavirus opens an important and urgent issue that affects mental health - these are virtually unexplored topics, and their results have not been validated yet. Online education is not limited to distance education, as it regards a grouping of learning/teaching procedures completed in cyberspace. Blended learning was, thus, introduced as a tool in personalized learning to adjust to new realities. These are unprecedented circumstances, and we understand they create stress, favoring anguish and a fierce search for new knowledge acquisition.
Current research highlights that anxiety and depression, exacerbated by uncertainties and intensification of the information flow, will grow extensively. Negative physiological consequences of stress will manifest. For instance, loneliness, which will increase under these circumstances, seems to have a negative impact on education and, therefore, on psychological pain and suffering.
根据联合国教科文组织的监测，超过 160 个国家实施了全国范围的停课措施，影响了全球超过 87%的学生。还有其他一些国家实施了局部停课措施；如果这些停课措施成为全国性的，将会有上百万的额外学习者受到教育中断的影响。世界各地的大学一直不确定冠状病毒危机将持续多久，以及它可能如何影响学生和教职员工的心理健康。心理影响是一个严重的干扰因素，造成焦虑和不确定性。
数据与主要国际报纸的信息进行了交叉核对。
通过讨论在线和远程教育，冠状病毒引发了一个重要而紧迫的问题，即影响心理健康的问题——这些问题实际上是尚未得到探索的课题，其结果尚未得到验证。在线教育不仅限于远程教育，因为它涉及到在网络空间中完成的一组学习/教学程序。因此，混合学习被引入个性化学习作为一种工具，以适应新的现实。这些都是前所未有的情况，我们理解这些情况会造成压力，加剧焦虑，并强烈寻求新知识的获取。
目前的研究强调，焦虑和抑郁会因不确定性和信息流的加剧而广泛加剧。压力的负面生理后果将会显现。例如，在这种情况下，孤独感会增加，似乎会对教育产生负面影响，从而对心理痛苦产生影响。
