People in India are under lockdown, constrained and restricted in their movements. The anxiety and depression plus the practical difficulties — financial and employment — as well as the effects of segregation from own relatives, is going to take a toll on people in terms of their mental and emotional wellbeing.
interesting question. If the “social distancing” is for a shorter period, it will no have major impact. Further, social distancing will have varying impact on different age groups. It’s adverse impact on mental health would be more visible among children and youth.
Yes, in some countries there has already been an increase in domestic violence due to prolonged home quarantine. In the most difficult situation there are people who, being in quarantine at home, are not able to conduct and continue working remotely via the Internet and have lost their jobs. In this situation, the mental condition is very bad, negative emotional states, depression, increased aggression, etc. arise.
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Interredting Question... the main problem with social distansing is that its enforcing you to stay away from many people you like to spend time with them ...and because you do not know when it will be ended
A family which is financially strong may not suffer much. But a family who depend only their salary which they earn on daily work basis will suffer a lot as they dont know how to feed their family. And one more issue is domestic violence is also increased in this period.
Yelluripati Srimayi Thank you for the response. Definitely the daily wage earners will suffer a lot. But the mental agony and depression may differ from person to person and different age group also.
Dear Minaketan Bag , Social distancing impact much on mental health. It creates hidden fear and insecurity among the people of every creeds, caste, race and gender without being rich or poor.
Certainly yes
This never happened before
directly or indirectly it is disturbing everyone one as normal life is hampered
leading to stress agony
Apparently, in a study published by Lara and collaborators, they found that a high perception of social isolation was associated with lower results in some cognitive tests.
The aftermath of social distancing on mental illness can not be sidelined. It is crucial to take care of mental health during Covid-19. Social distancing has created a sense of inscurity, anxiety and loss of human relationships.
The impact on mental health is much more than its impact on financial and physical health at the individual level on everyone in the world be it a member of rich family or poor family, rich country or poor country or whether or not affected with the virus or not.
Couple of thoughts about social distancing and its impact on mental health. Because we are all "wired" differently, there will be many different effects. For those individuals who are prone to isolating themselves and depression, yes this phenomena can add to one's depression. Others define themselves and much of one's identity can be through their relationships with others, and this would stand to have an adverse effect as well. There are others who are more introverted in nature and social distancing may not have any negative effect whatsoever. There are those people who have benefited from this period of isolation, using it as a time for "looking inward" soul searching if you will, which has been very helpful to them. So, it's not an easy "yes-no" answer.
Kenneth J Kukla Sir I partially agree with you because The introverted people also need to share his /her idea with limited people. Man is a social animal. he grow, develop and socialize from the society.
Our recent study involving quarantine and physical exercise showed that participants who are training alone are less motivated to keep training, also there is correlation with mental health.