COVID-19 lockdown impact on the mental health of students: need to start a mental health cell

Goothy, Sai Sailesh Kumar; Goothy, Srilatha; Choudhary, Anita; Gg, Potey; Purohit, Manju; Chakraborty, Hirok; Pathak, Ashish; Vk, Mahadik

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“…Pakistan is an under developing country that has limited health care facilities, low education and lack of awareness have created more panic and fear of the situation and sudden lockdown and social distancing have created stress and anxiety. 8 Contrary to other correlational studies, the current study is an attempt to identify the nature, pattern, and magnitude of the psychosocial problems experienced by university students as a result of COVID-19. The first consideration of the current research was to use tailor-made assessment procedures rather than frequently used anxiety and depression measures developed in other contexts and on another set of samples.…”

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“…7 The impact of this calamity has attained greater attention from the researchers and been associated with various mental health consequences. 8 The fear of this pandemic which is causing many deaths has significantly changed our lives, inculcated a sense of fear and dramatically restricted our personal and social lives to curtail its spread. 9 University students were at different phases of their education when sudden lockdown happened.…”

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“…11 Researches have shown that lack of personal space at home, imposed social distancing with class mates, inability to interact with peers, friends and teacher's in-person, limited access to educational resources, led the students to experience boredom and frustration. 7,8 A paradigm shift in education system due to pandemic anticipated uncertainties about future in students. A plethora of research evidence revealed that chronic illness may aggravate mental health problems like depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress.…”

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Psychosocial reactions of Pakistani Students towards COVID-19: A prevalence study

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Background: The current study aimed at investigating the manifestation and prevalence of the commonly reported psychosocial reactions in the university students following the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was carried out during April to May, 2020 in the city of Lahore. Based on the interviews and presenting problems of thirty-nine self-referred students to student counselling service center, a list of twenty-seven self-report measure was presented through an online cross-sectional survey of 510 students enrolled in a private institute. The age range of the participants was between 17-26 years (M, 21.86; SD, 2.94). Results: The results showed that the most frequently reported reactions by university students during COVID-19 is restricted daily routine (92%), preoccupation with cleanliness (86%), feeling uncertain about future (85%), feeling bored (84%) and low mood (84%). The least frequently reported reaction was financial crisis (48%). The findings further showed that 18% of the participants had mild, 34% had moderate, 29% severe and 19% very severe level of problems. Conclusions: The finding revealed that university students have significantly affected by this pandemic which need attention from mental health professionals. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.2.3063 How to cite this:Mahmood Z, Saleem S, Subhan S, Jabeen A. Psychosocial reactions of Pakistani Students towards COVID-19: A prevalence study. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(2):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.2.3063 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“…Tulsi provides with multiple benefits ranging from anti-inflammatory, used in Rheumatoid arthritis, rich in antioxidants, diabetes. It also effectively works against the fever and cough which are the common symptoms of Covid-19.Earlier it was used for treating various viruses like Vaccinia virus, Infectious Brusal Disease Virus, Newcastle Disease Virus 37 .…”

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An Update On Novel Coronavirus: Conquering World

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It was in late 2019 when the world got alarming news of the fatal virus that took birth in the seafood market of China (Wuhan) and a few months later pandemic was announced by WHO. This virus was named novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV 2) which has its clinical features similar to "pneumonia" including human to human contact. According to its genomic structure, it belongs to betacoronavirus having a crown-like presence and is a positive-sense RNA virus. Meanwhile, as per the reports, the treatment options contain the use of some antiviral drugs like Lopinavir, Ritonavir, Remdesivir, including Ayurvedic System of Medicine. In this pandemic situation, the pharmacists play a vital role in providing medical services to the patients. All over the world, many pharmaceutical firms have collaborated to develop the vaccine to combat COVID-19 as soon as possible and will soon make the world corona free. This coordination globally, has helped and fasten the development of vaccine with several vaccine candidates initiating human trials. The mental health of people has been affected to a great extent. This review explains the structure, manifestations and how Covid-19 led to the global emergency. The fatal effect of virus on three countries-Italy, USA and India are also described.

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“…Third, university teachers and relevant sections/institutions should continuously monitor student mental health and provide adequate support to the students (Goothy et al, 2020 ). Fourth, internet service providers should come forward and provide affordable internet rates for students of higher learning institutions to ensure virtual teaching and learning activities are seamless and efficient (Ela et al, 2021 ).…”

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Psychological and Mental Health Issues Due to COVID-19 Among Bangladeshi Tertiary Educational Institution Students

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COVID-19 lockdown impact on the mental health of students: need to start a mental health cell

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Psychosocial reactions of Pakistani Students towards COVID-19: A prevalence study

Psychosocial reactions of Pakistani Students towards COVID-19: A prevalence study

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