The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Disorders. A Critical Review

Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez, Marina Begoña Martínez-González, Juan Camilo Benitez-Agudelo, Eduardo Navarro-Jiménez, Ana Isabel Beltran-Velasco, Pablo Ruisoto, Esperanza Diaz Arroyo, Carmen Cecilia Laborde-Cárdenas and Jose Francisco Tornero-Aguilera
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Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez: Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Marina Begoña Martínez-González: Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
Juan Camilo Benitez-Agudelo: Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
Eduardo Navarro-Jiménez: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre, Barranquilla 080005, Colombia
Ana Isabel Beltran-Velasco: Education Department, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, 28240 Madrid, Spain
Pablo Ruisoto: Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
Esperanza Diaz Arroyo: Departamento de Salud, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla 000802, Colombia
Carmen Cecilia Laborde-Cárdenas: Vicerrectoría de Investigación e Innovación, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla 080005, Colombia
Jose Francisco Tornero-Aguilera: Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 19, 1-25

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of the worldwide population. Citizens suffer the social, economic, physiological, and psychological effects of this pandemic. Primary sources, scientific articles, and secondary bibliographic indexes, databases, and web pages were used for a consensus critical review. The method was a narrative review of the available literature to summarize the existing literature addressing mental health concerns and stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The main search engines used in the present research were PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. We found the pandemic has had a direct impact on psychopathologies such as anxiety, increasing its ratios, and depression. Other syndromes such as burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder have increased with the pandemic, showing a larger incidence among medical personnel. Moreover, eating disorders and violence have also increased. Public authorities must prepare healthcare systems for increasing incidences of mental pathologies. Mental health apps are one of the tools that can be used to reach the general population.

Keywords: COVID-19; anxiety; depression; burnout; post-traumatic stress disorder; eating disorder; violence; apps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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