The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Chinese Individuals

Jing Wang; Jiu Xiang Wang; Guang Shan Yang

doi:10.3349/ymj.2020.61.5.438

The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Chinese Individuals

Yonsei Med J. 2020 May;61(5):438-440. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2020.61.5.438.

Authors

Jing Wang¹, Jiu Xiang Wang², Guang Shan Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology and Venereology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
² Experimental Centre of Clinical Research, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.
³ Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. 59709435@qq.com.

Abstract

COVID-19 not only affects the physical health of Chinese people, but also their psychological health. This article mainly summarized the causes, clinical manifestations and preventive measures of COVID-19 impact on psychology of Chinese people, and presented two representative cases at the same time.

Keywords: COVID-19; Chinese people; Psychology.

MeSH terms

Asian People
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
China / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
Humans
Mental Disorders / epidemiology
Mental Disorders / prevention & control
Mental Disorders / psychology
Mental Disorders / virology*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
SARS-CoV-2
Social Environment