Mitigating social and economic sources of trauma: The need for universal basic income during the coronavirus pandemic.
Psychol Trauma
; 12(S1): S191-S192, 2020 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-607249
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic is projected to cause an economic shock larger than the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 and a recession as great as anything seen since the Great Depression in 1930s. The social and economic consequences of lockdowns and social distancing measures, such as unemployment, broken relationships and homelessness, create potential for intergenerational trauma extending decades into the future. In this article, we argue that, in the absence of a vaccine, governments need to introduce universal basic income as a means of mitigating this trauma. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Public Assistance
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Coronavirus Infections
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Economic Recession
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Pandemics
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Psychological Trauma
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Income
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Psychol Trauma
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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