COVID-19 and mental health

Authors

  • Gitashree Dutta Department of Community Medicine, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
  • Tarun Kumar Department of Pharmacology, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203420

Keywords:

Mental health, COVID-19, Infection

Abstract

World Health Organization (WHO) considered the outbreak of a novel coronavirus, COVID-19, to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 2020 and finally on March 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic.

Author Biographies

Gitashree Dutta, Department of Community Medicine, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India

SENIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR (COMMUNITY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT), NEIGRIHMS, MEGHALAYA, INDIA

Tarun Kumar, Department of Pharmacology, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Senior Resident, Department of Pharmacology, AIIMS Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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Published

2020-07-24

How to Cite

Dutta, G., & Kumar, T. (2020). COVID-19 and mental health. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7(8), 3309–3311. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203420