Dealing with the psychological impact of biological disasters to foster health & well-being
- MOJ Public Health
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Nayanika Singh
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Abstract
There has been a surge of biological disasters such as SARS, Ebola virus, Zuca Virus, Covid-19, hand, foot and mouth disease and many more in the 21st century. These have had grave physical, psychological, social, emotional, environmental and psychological repercussions on societies across the globe both at individual and community level. The W.H.O declared COVID-19/novel corona virus as a global pandemic in January 2020 that was highly contagious and had grave physical and psychological impact on individuals irrespective of any age, gender, caste and class the world over. Keeping this in mind, the present article aims to highlight and discuss certain pre and post psychological techniques that can be incorporated in one’s daily routine amidst such crisis, in order to restore health, well-being and peace.
Keywords
psychological intervention techniques, biological disasters, health & well- being