Kini Ganesh, Karkal Ravichandra, Bhargava Madhavi
Department of Psychiatry, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
J Prev Med Hyg. 2020 Oct 6;61(3):E321-E323. doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2020.61.3.1605. eCollection 2020 Sep.
The novel corona virus (SARS- CoV2) pandemic has created an unprecedented public health problem and a mental health crisis looms ahead. The isolation, socio-economic disruption, uncertainty and fear of contagion have led to a spike of health anxiety in the general public. Individuals with health anxiety may get dismissed as the "worried well" in this pandemic due to disruption of mental health services and inability of healthcare systems to understand the psychosocial factors in the background. Education of general public, training of healthcare workers in cognitive behavioural model of health anxiety and timely referral to mental health professionals in severe cases is need of the hour.
新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV2)大流行引发了前所未有的公共卫生问题,一场心理健康危机正悄然逼近。隔离、社会经济混乱、不确定性以及对传染的恐惧导致普通民众的健康焦虑激增。在这场大流行中,由于心理健康服务中断以及医疗系统无法理解背后的社会心理因素,患有健康焦虑症的个体可能会被视为“杞人忧天者”。当下迫切需要对普通公众进行教育,对医护人员进行健康焦虑认知行为模型方面的培训,并在严重病例中及时将患者转介给心理健康专业人员。