1.
Acta Psychiatr Scand
; 143(3): 275-276, 2021 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-971075
Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Data Mining/methods , Mental Disorders , Mental Health Services/trends , Mental Health , PubMed/statistics & numerical data , Behavioral Research/statistics & numerical data , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/prevention & control , COVID-19/psychology , Data Visualization , Humans , Mental Disorders/epidemiology , Mental Disorders/therapy , Mental Health/statistics & numerical data , Mental Health/trends , Psychiatry/methods , Psychiatry/trends , Public Reporting of Healthcare Data , SARS-CoV-2
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J Nerv Ment Dis
; 208(6): 443-444, 2020 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-432971
ABSTRACT
The aim of this work is to elucidate psychosocial reactions to plagues by analyzing three landmark descriptions from different eras: Thucydides' description of the plague of Athens (430 BC) in The History of the Peloponnesian War, Giovanni Boccaccio's description of the plague in Florence (1348) in The Decameron, and Albert Camus' description in The Plague (1947). Using a narrative inquiry, we found psychosocial reactions to be complex and ambivalent and could discern several coping strategies. We propose that this knowledge can help psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.