Chatterjee Kaushik, Dangi Ankit, Prakash Jyoti, Srivastava Kalpana, Chauhan Vinay, Yadav Prateek
Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2021 Jan-Jun;30(1):175-178. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_20_21. Epub 2021 Jun 30.
COVID-19 pandemic has affected billions of people worldwide. Economies world over have suffered slowdown with a direct impact on industry. The vulnerable industrial worker has suffered both financially and mentally. As the pandemic has begun to slow down, the industry has started showing signs of growth and economy appears to be coming back on track. Financial losses may be recovered in time, but the mental health impact of pandemic is likely to be long-lasting. In the aftermath of COVID-19, mental health needs of vulnerable sections of societies need to be addressed. An attempt has been made to understand the mental health impact of COVID-19 pandemic on industrial workers. Preventive and promotive measures for positive mental health of industrial workers are discussed with a focus on resilience-building.
新冠疫情已影响全球数十亿人。世界各地的经济都出现了放缓，对工业产生了直接影响。脆弱的产业工人在经济和精神上都受到了影响。随着疫情开始放缓，工业已开始显示出增长迹象，经济似乎正重回正轨。经济损失或许能及时挽回，但疫情对心理健康的影响可能会持续很久。在新冠疫情之后，社会弱势群体的心理健康需求需要得到关注。本文试图了解新冠疫情对产业工人心理健康的影响。同时还讨论了促进产业工人积极心理健康的预防和推动措施，重点是增强复原力。
