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Caroline Stamu-O'Brien1, Simona Carniciu2, Elizabeth Halvorsen3
1Department of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Background:
COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world from every aspect. Individuals are drained from social, financial, and emotional percussion of this pandemic. Psychosocial consequences are far greater than are being perceived. It is anticipated that once the pandemic is over the psycho-emotional turbulence would shake the whole populations of affected countries.
Aims And Objectives:
To review the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
A literature search was conducted on major databases from January 2020 to April 2020 with the search terms of Covid-19, Corona virus, psychological, depression, anxiety, phobias, obsessive behaviors, paranoia, parental relationship, marital life and maternal and fetal bond.
Conclusion:
Patients with COVID-19 infection are more likely to suffer from a myriad of psychological consequences, and this infection may have profound effect on parenting, relationships, marital life, elderly, and maternal-fetal bond.
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