Department of Psychology, Social Sciences, and Humanities, School of Health Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2023 Jul;27(13):6445-6458. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202307_33006.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was a shock to the whole world. This pandemic caused not only many deaths of people of all ages and health effects that are still difficult to assess, but also economic, and psychological ones. Numerous studies have shown that chronic stress related to social isolation and fear of contagion increased the rates of development of anxiety, depression syndrome, emotional eating, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The increased rate of substance use and antidepressant drugs has also been observed. Depression is included in the symptoms of long-COVID syndrome. The data on the deterioration of mental states of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic are particularly worrying. Some studies have shown increased suicide rates during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The deterioration of mental health can also have long-term consequences in terms of physical health, for example, emotional eating (EE) associated with depressed mood and anxiety may increase the incidence of binge eating disorder (BED) and addictive eating. Consequently, the number of patients with overweight and obesity and its complications will increase. Problems related to the deterioration of the mental and physical health of the population will increase the burden on the healthcare system. Another important problem is psychological disturbances related to the COVID-19 pandemic developed in healthcare workers. It is necessary to take systemic actions aimed at improving mental health, although it will not be easy in the era of the general global economic crisis, which may deepen the psychological problems from the time of the pandemic. Therefore, the aim of our manuscript is to analyze the available data on the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the general population and healthcare workers.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行对全世界来说是一个冲击。这场大流行不仅导致了许多各个年龄段人群的死亡，以及仍难以评估的健康影响，还造成了经济和心理方面的影响。大量研究表明，与社会隔离和对感染的恐惧相关的慢性压力增加了焦虑、抑郁综合征、情绪性进食和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的发展率。还观察到物质使用和抗抑郁药物的使用率增加。抑郁被列入长 COVID 综合征的症状中。关于儿童和青少年在 COVID-19 大流行期间精神状态恶化的数据尤其令人担忧。一些研究表明，在 COVID-19 大流行期间和之后自杀率有所上升。心理健康恶化也可能对身体健康产生长期影响，例如，与抑郁情绪和焦虑相关的情绪性进食可能会增加暴食障碍（BED）和成瘾性进食的发病率。因此，超重和肥胖及其并发症的患者人数将会增加。与人口的精神和身体健康恶化有关的问题将增加医疗保健系统的负担。另一个重要问题是与 COVID-19 大流行相关的医护人员的心理障碍。有必要采取旨在改善心理健康的系统性行动，尽管在全球经济普遍危机时期，这并不容易，这可能会从大流行时期加深心理问题。因此，我们的手稿的目的是分析关于 COVID-19 大流行对一般人群和医护人员的心理影响的现有数据。
