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Emergence of Mental Health: The escalating Progression of mental health disorders during the pandemic.

Authors
Valermatthie Thilagathurai1, *, Nandhitha Ulaganathan2, Hugeng Hugeng3
1Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Department of Accessory Design, National Institute of fashion technology, Chennai, India
3Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Tarumanagara, Indonesia
Corresponding Author
Valermatthie Thilagathurai
Available Online 21 April 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220404.307How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Covid-19; Mental Health; Pandemic
Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has put a strain on the world’s health care system since 2020 when the outbreak took a toll in people’s lives. This research mainly focuses on the adverse/ obvious effects of the pandemic on mental health and it aims to study the current level of mental health of the people over the globe ever since the pandemic and the continuous containment measures taken to fight the virus outbreak.

The objective of this paper is 1) To discuss and understand mental health and its significance as a real-world problem 2)To understand and analyze the mental health scenario during the pandemic. 3)To look into the awareness and acceptance of mental health, how it is viewed and perceived by the present-day society. This paper discusses what mental health is and its severity in the real world today. This research was done using descriptive qualitative methods, where the data was obtained through literature review and observations. Articles and previous studies which were in alignment with our objectives were reviewed and analysed in this study.

The result of this study shows that social relationships, access to nature as well as the stress faced due to studies and work from home has had a significant effect on deteriorating mental health.It is evident that the worsening of mental health can lead to alarming levels of stress which can cause death.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
21 April 2022
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.220404.307
ISSN
2352-5398
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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