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Battered Women/psychology , COVID-19 , Domestic Violence , Intimate Partner Violence , Social Work, Psychiatric , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/psychology , Causality , Domestic Violence/prevention & control , Domestic Violence/psychology , Domestic Violence/statistics & numerical data , Economic Factors , Female , Humans , India , Intimate Partner Violence/prevention & control , Intimate Partner Violence/psychology , Needs Assessment , Psychosocial Deprivation , SARS-CoV-2 , Social Support , Social Work, Psychiatric/methods , Social Work, Psychiatric/trends , Stress, PsychologicalABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2 virus), has significantly impacted global health. It can present a range of complications, from asymptomatic to severe respiratory distress syndrome. It has also been linked to complications in multiple organ systems, including neurological symptoms such as headaches and encephalopathy. Delirium, characterized by acute confusion, is common in older adults and associated with prolonged hospital stays and elevated mortality rates. We present a case study of a young mother with a prior medical history of mild to moderate depression who experienced an episode of delirium consequent to a COVID-19 infection. The initial manifestation of her illness was mild diarrhea, but as her condition worsened, she began exhibiting symptoms of delirium. These symptoms include confusion, agitation, sleep disturbance, and disordered behavior. The delirious episode was brief and effectively managed with small doses of psychotropic medications to control aggressive behavior. Upon resolution, no additional treatment was deemed necessary. This case underscores the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19 on physical and psychological well-being and highlights the importance of considering symptoms beyond those associated with respiratory distress.
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COVID-19 , Humans , COVID-19/epidemiology , Pandemics , Police , SARS-CoV-2 , India/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Mobile phone interventions have proven to be useful in developing countries in various contexts, such as crisis intervention, medication issues, and reporting domestic violence, and this trend gained further momentum with the onset of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (2). Many developing countries centralized triage dedicated to domains such as domestic violence, mental health crisis, physical health issues, and child abuse. [...]it would be of great value if the same team or other labs pointed out the importance of the need in a more comprehensive form in terms of geographic and cultural context in the near future with further research.
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BACKGROUND: COVID-19, like every other pandemic, has imposed an unprecedented threat to doctors' physical and mental health. Literature in this area is sparse. The present study has been done to explore the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of doctors regarding this pandemic and how it influences their depression, anxiety, and stress level. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This online survey has been done for 10 days. Data were collected on background characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and behavior of the respondents in a semi-structured pro forma, and psychiatric morbidity was measured by the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21. A total of 152 complete responses have been received. The data were assessed using SPSS software. RESULTS: Out of 152 study participants, 34.9% were depressed and 39.5% and 32.9% were having anxiety and stress, respectively. Significant predictors for psychiatric morbidities were experience in health sector, duty hours, use of protective measures, and altruistic coping. Multivariable logistic regression showed most of the factors to be significantly associated with depression, anxiety, and stress level. DISCUSSION: Doctors who were working during COVID pandemic have a high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity. Age and having multiple comorbidities are significant predictive factors. Adequate protective measures should be warranted. Altruistic coping and a sense of greater goal are significant among the doctor community, in this pressing time. The doctors are pushing themselves to the best of their capacity and also protecting their patients' best interest. A large-scale, multicentric study will probably give a larger picture and will guide us for better service planning and delivery.