Tsamakis Konstantinos, Tsiptsios Dimitrios, Ouranidis Andreas, Mueller Christoph, Schizas Dimitrios, Terniotis Christos, Nikolakakis Nikolaos, Tyros Georgios, Kympouropoulos Stylianos, Lazaris Andreas, Spandidos Demetrios A, Smyrnis Nikolaos, Rizos Emmanouil
Second Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens 12462, Greece.
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
Exp Ther Med. 2021 Mar;21(3):244. doi: 10.3892/etm.2021.9675. Epub 2021 Jan 22.
As one year is approaching since the beginning of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it is important to acknowledge the detrimental effect that it is having on mental health at the individual, societal and public health levels. The current review presents the direct and indirect psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general public, as well as on vulnerable groups, including the elderly, the young, healthcare professionals, people with pre-existing mental health issues, those infected by COVID-19, homeless people and refugees. Important findings are discussed in the present review, including the social stigma in older people associated with portraying COVID-19 as the disease of the elderly, and the limited psychological impact of COVID-19 in the severely mentally ill, alongside the response of the mental healthcare systems globally to this unparalleled public health crisis. The important lessons to be learnt so far can help formulate individual mental health recommendations, as well as improved intervention and prevention public health strategies.
自2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行开始以来，一年即将过去，认识到它在个人、社会和公共卫生层面上对心理健康产生的有害影响非常重要。本综述介绍了COVID-19对普通公众以及弱势群体（包括老年人、年轻人、医护人员、已有心理健康问题的人、COVID-19感染者、无家可归者和难民）的直接和间接心理影响。本综述讨论了重要发现，包括将COVID-19描绘成老年人疾病给老年人带来的社会耻辱，以及COVID-19对重症精神病患者有限的心理影响，以及全球精神卫生保健系统对这一前所未有的公共卫生危机的应对。到目前为止吸取的重要经验教训有助于制定个人心理健康建议，以及改进干预和预防公共卫生策略。
