- Anger, Anxiety, Boredom, Confusion, Depression,, Frustration, Irritability, Insomnia, Stress
- Emotional distress leading people to break their isolation and quarantine orders
- Mass hysteria and distress due to loss of independence
- PTSD
- Societal rejection (suspicion and avoidance in the neighborhoods, insecurity regarding properties, workplace prejudice, withdrawal from social events)

Effects of Quarantine and Isolation

- Difficulty securing medical care and medication
- Financial instability and losses
- Insufficient information from media early on 
- Greater duration of confinement
- Lack of supplies

Stressors of quarantine and isolation

- Psychological effects of quarantine and isolation
- Stressors of quarantine and isolation

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- Psychosocial impact on general public
- Psychosocial impact on healthcare workers
- Psychosocial burden of quarantine and isolation

Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on different levels

Dubey, S., Biswas, P., Ghosh, R., Chatterjee, S., Dubey, M., Chatterjee, S., . . . Lavie, C. (2020, May 27). Psychosocial impact of COVID-19. Retrieved July 23, 2020, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7255207/

Psychosocial burden of quarantine and isolation Covid-19

Psychosocial burden of quarantine and isolation

 During the 2003 SARS outbreak in Taiwan, nurses working in the SARS unit suffered from more depressive symptoms and insomnia compared to those from non-SARS units and occurrence of psychiatric symptoms was associated with direct exposure to SARS patient care . Even after three years of SARS outbreak in 2003, a significant number of the related hospital workers in Beijing, China experienced some PTSD .  Higher risk groups include frontline workers like police, nurses, armed forces etc.  Those who are performing hospital duties on a day-care basis and have to return to home are at increased risk of developing profound anxiety regarding the fear of transmitting the disease to their own family members

Psychosocial impact on healthcare workers

Nationwide lockdowns can produce acute panic, anxiety, obsessive behaviors, hoarding, paranoia, and depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the long run. Outbursts of racism, stigmatization, and xenophobia against particular communities are also being widely reported. Nevertheless, frontline healthcare workers are at higher-risk of contracting the disease, as well as experiencing adverse psychological outcomes in form of burnout, anxiety, fear of transmitting infection. This may also cause a change that negatively impacts the normal life of children, resulting in mental distress.

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