ABSTRACT
To evaluate the psychosocial issues among the police personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a web-based cross-sectional survey, 623 police personnel were evaluated on Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) and Perceived stress scale (PSS), and a self-designed questionnaire. 10.6% of the police personnel had significant anxiety and 18% have significant depressive symptoms with overall psychological morbidity of 22.2%. Higher age was significantly associated with higher depressive symptoms, total PHQ-4 score, and higher perceived stress. The present survey suggests that a substantial proportion of the police personnel on COVID-19 duty during the lockdown period have significant anxiety, depressive symptoms, and perceive significant stress. There is an urgent need to evaluate the mental health issues and provide psychological support to the police personnel who are considered as faceless warriors of the COVID-19. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-020-00408-8.
Subject(s)
Anxiety/psychology , COVID-19/psychology , Hospitalization , Patient Isolation/psychology , Psychological Distress , Adaptation, Psychological , Adult , Aged , Anger , COVID-19/therapy , Fear/psychology , Female , Hope , Humans , India , Intensive Care Units , Irritable Mood , Length of Stay , Male , Middle Aged , Oxygen Inhalation Therapy/psychology , Personal Protective Equipment , Professional-Patient Relations , Sadness/psychology , Social Isolation/psychology , Videoconferencing , Young AdultABSTRACT
COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide crisis. At present, everyone is focusing on the prevention of COVID-19 infection, preparing and discussing issues related to physical health consequences. However, it is important to understand that the life-threatening negative physical health consequences are going to be faced by a few, but everyone is going to face the negative mental health consequences of the pandemic. At various places COVID-19 hospitals are being established, to address the physical health consequences of the pandemic. However, mental health professionals have not been very actively involved in the management of people going through this pandemic. This viewpoint discusses the mental health consequences of the pandemic for the health care workers, people who are undergoing quarantine, people who are admitted to the COVID-19 hospitals, and those who have recovered from the infection. The article also highlights the mental health needs of people at different levels and the kind of interventions, which may be carried out.