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Over 26,13,73683 cases and 52,12,961 verified fatalities have been documented because of the Corona pandemic so far. As a result of such extensive epidemics, mental health issues are more likely to occur. Keeping this in mind, the medical databases were used to locate relevant research on the Corona epidemic and mental health. Classification and summarization of previously published articles were carried out in accordance with the articles' overarching topics. In the early stages of the Corona pandemic, symptoms of anxiety, sadness, and self-reported stress (ranging from 16–28 percent) are frequent and may be linked to disrupted sleep. Several factors, both personal and institutional, influence this risk. In designing services for these groups, consideration must be given to both the requirements of the individuals affected and the appropriate preventative recommendations. Only a handful of the impacted nations have been documented in the literature, which may not accurately reflect the experiences of people in other areas of the world. As a result of the Corona epidemic, many people have developed subsyndromal mental health issues. For disadvantaged communities in other nations, there is a need for more representative studies. However, the current study explores the four main studies undertaken in China, which were chosen out of a total of 28 articles and after careful selection were delineated for study, the methodology gives the selection criterion in detail. © MEDIC SCIENTIFIC, All rights reserved.
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Australia adopted hard lockdown measures to eliminate community transmission of COVID-19. Lockdown imposes periods of social isolation that contributes to increased levels of stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, and worry. We examined whether lockdowns have similar psychosocial associations across rural and urban areas and whether associations existed between happiness and worry of loneliness in the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Data were collected using the "COVID-19 Living Survey" between 13 and 20 May 2020 by BehaviourWorks Australia at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute. The mean self-reported feeling of happiness and anxiousness (N = 1593), on a 10-point Likert scale with 0 being least happy or highly anxious, was 6.5 (SD = 2.4) and 3.9 (2.9), respectively. Factors associated with happiness were older age and having a postgraduate education. Participants worried about becoming lonely also exhibited reduced happiness (estimate = -1.58, 95%CI = -1.84--1.32) and higher anxiousness (2.22, 1.93-2.51) scores, and these conditions remained associated after adjusting for demographics. Interestingly, worry about loneliness was greater in rural areas than in urban communities. The negative impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on rural youth and those less-educated was evident. Participants in rural Australia who were worried about becoming lonely were reportedly less happy than participants in major cities. This dataset provides a better understanding of factors that influence psychological well-being and quality of life in the Australian population and helps to determine whether happiness may be an associative factor that could mitigate self-feelings of anxiety and worry about loneliness.