Mental Health Issues in Covid and Post Covid-19 Scenario: The Way Forward

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has been spreading around the globe over the last eleven months now. More than 54.5 million people have been infected worldwide, and 1.3 million of them have died due to the disease as of November 15, 2020. India’s corona virus case tally rose to 8.8 million (6380 per million infected), and the number of deaths rose to 1.29 lacs (94 per million deaths) as of November 15, 2020. India and many other countries have gone through various lockdown periods with a devastating outcome. Millions of households suffered, and millions of laborers have lost their job during this period. There has been a significant impact on the financial, occupational, social, environmental, intellectual, and emotional wellbeing of our people, more so, on the fragile and vulnerable groups like the elderly, disabled, migrants, refugees, homeless, women, children, girls and adolescents. The present write-up is divided into two broad headings. First, a general narrative is there on various health issues in Covid and post-Covid-19 scenario. The next part of the essay will be focussed on mental health issues in Covid and post-Covid-19 scenario. Finally, this review summarises the present Covid-19 pandemic,highlighting the importance of World Mental health day and world mental health week themes in the prevailing scenario.