Past Epidemics, Natural Disasters, COVID19, and Mental Health: Learning from History as we Deal with the Present and Prepare for the Future (Literature Review 5)
(Citation) Esterwood, Emily, and Sy Atezaz Saeed. “Past Epidemics, Natural Disasters, COVID19, and Mental Health: Learning from History as We Deal with the Present and Prepare for the Future.” Psychiatric Quarterly, vol. 91, no. 4, 2020, pp. 1121–33, doi:10.1007/s11126-020-09808-4. (Summary) According to these authors research, there are a range of mental health consequences as a result of the pandemic, global shutdown, and isolation. The use of quarantine and stay at home orders to slow the spread of the virus have negative psychological consequences for the population including post traumatic stress. The authors think that this pandemic will be followed by a mental health crisis without intervention. They speculate that PTSD, alcohol use disorder, anxiety, and a range of other problems will be prevalent at a higher rate within society. (Authors) The authors are psychiatrists and experts on the effects that certain situations have on humans. Moreover, they researched past epidemics
