Coronaphobia and chronophobia – A psychiatric perspective

Naguy, Ahmed; Moodliar-Rensburg, Seshni; Alamiri, Bibi

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102050

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“…The enforced instability due to COVID-19 is threatening, compulsive, and unpleasing. The terms — lockdown, quarantine, and self-isolation, which now are frequently in use among the masses, normally carries negative connotations and were assigned to prisoners, making them experience chronophobia ( Naguy et al, 2020 ). Similarly, people locked during the early and peak days of this pandemic, dwelt over thoughts related to the unlocking of the lockdown and the hardships.…”

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Understanding coronaphobia

Arora

Jha

Alat³

et al. 2020

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

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COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to being a global health emergency, has multiple socioeconomic and psychological ramifications. COVID-19 research and media reports have revealed a rise in fears related to contracting the virus. Though fear is a common psychological outcome during pandemics, the COVID-19 pandemic is a continuously evolving disease outbreak and has unique risk factors. Therefore, fear related to COVID-19 might manifest in not only fear and anxiety related to disease contraction and dying, but also associated sociooccupational stress. We attempt to understand the psychosocial process of the development of coronaphobia and postulate what constitutes coronaphobia , a new emerging phobia specific to COVID-19. We present a conceptual model delineating the risk factors causing coronaphobia and the underlying mechanisms, for a better understanding of its developmental process. From review of relevant research, the factors identified are, an unforeseen reality, unending uncertainties, need of acquiring new practices and avoidance behavior, loss of faith in health infrastructure, contraction of COVID-19 by head of states, cautionary statements from international bodies, and infodemia. These factors are assumed to cause interference with routine life, catastrophizing interpretation of benign symptoms, and social amplification of risk which lead to coronaphobia . The conceptualization of coronaphobia and the model will aid future research in developing psychometric measure of coronaphobia for use in clinical and research settings and design of policies and interventions for mitigating risk factors.

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Section: Conceptualizing Coronaphobiamentioning

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Understanding coronaphobia

Arora

Jha

Alat³

et al. 2020

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

174

136

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“…Research has demonstrated that the uncertainty surrounding the lockdown and even about the post-lockdown scenario has created considerable stress, especially chronophobia which is the fear of time running out, and consequently, emotional preparedness is requisite to deal with this crisis (Benerjee, 2020 ; Naguy, Moodliar-Rensburg, & Alamiri, 2020 ). Cellini, Canale, Mioni, and Costa ( 2020 ) elucidated that due to the lockdown, keeping track of time became intractable for young adults.…”

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Living alone in lockdown: Impact on mental health and coping mechanisms among young working adults

Raj¹,

Bajaj²

2021

Curr Psychol

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In the wake of declaration of Covid-19 as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the Prime Minister of India announced a nationwide lockdown to curb its spread. Subsequently, some groups of people found themselves away from their family or friends, and were unable to return to them. The aim of the research was to explore the lives of young adults who were living alone and working, during the lockdown in India. Focus was on their daily living, their relationships and their mental health. Twelve participants residing in various cities of India were included via the Internet. Focus group discussions were used to attain the objectives of the study. The data that emerged from the discussions, was analysed using thematic analysis. All participants had experienced different kinds of disruptions in their life due to the lockdown. This effect was mediated by their financial situation, their general comfort and preference for living alone, media, opportunities for non-virtual interactions and other kinds of recreation, quality of relationships and more. Though there were similarities in their coping methods, their perspective on the lockdown, the meaning they attributed to their current situation and their vision for their future was unique.

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“…Feelings of fear and fear-related behaviors are usually magnified in situations of mass threats and are addressed both in scientific papers and media reports. The term "coronaphobia," initially coined by media agencies, refers to a "persistent and excessive fear" (Arpaci et al 2020) or "dysfunctional anxiety" (Lee 2020a) related with the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus and, although not precisely defined, the term is mentioned in various scientific papers (Amin 2020a(Amin , 2020bAsmundson and Taylor 2020;Naguy et al 2020). Still, "coronaphobia" is not a novel term.…”

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