Dealing with Corona virus anxiety and OCD

Ajay Kumar; Aditya Somani

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102053

Dealing with Corona virus anxiety and OCD

Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Jun:51:102053. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102053. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Authors

Ajay Kumar¹, Aditya Somani²

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India. Electronic address: ajaypgimer@aiimsraipur.edu.in.
² Dept of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India. Electronic address: dr.adityasomani@gmail.com.

Abstract

The world is reeling under the crisis caused by corona virus disease (COVID-19), print, electronic and social media are flooded with numerous advisories issued by governments and other national & international agencies. While all this is being done with best of intentions so as to contain the spread of this viral disease, this is causing a significant negative impact on mental health of people specially person of obsessive-compulsive disorder with fear of contamination and excessive washing of hands.

Keywords: Anxiety disorders; Corona virus; OCD.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Humans
Male
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / physiopathology*
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*