Abstract:Even a thought for an outbreak of an infectious disease provokes unwarranted panic and emotional distress in population causing development of negative impacts on psychological and psychosocial parameters of an individual. So, in case of any real epidemic/pandemic outbreak the normal psychological and psychosocial parameters start getting affected gradually which rise in amplitude as time pass while the disease is in air. Immediately, starts the phase of stress and fear of either being a carrier or a healthy i… Show more
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