Covid-19 & It’s Impact Upon Mental Health: Issues & Concerns

Abstract

Over the last few weeks most parts of the world are under an unprecedented lockdown situation with people being confined to their homes with a view to contain the spread of COVID-19 and minimize the number of lives lost owing to the Pandemic. The magnitude of economic losses this pandemic is going to result in is definitely going to be huge as already hinted by IMF and other international bodies. However, apart from economic losses, the pandemic also poses a severe threat to the mental health of citizens as well as they spend their days confined at home. The present article looks into the impact of COVID-19 upon mental health and tries to examine its related dimensions.