Amidst a covid-19 Pandemic – Mental Health Crisis epidemic is the next
As per the recent studies, Mental Health crisis will be the next pandemic soon – Mental health problems caused globally by the covid-19 will be next pandemic. The rapidly accelerating Covid-19 pandemic , a mental health crisis could be looming on the horizon. Frontline health care workers in emergency rooms and intensive care units around the country face multiple unprecedented challenges, including difficult decisions about the allocation of limited resources, long and physically demanding working hours, staff shortages due to fear and illness, and lack of adequate protection from the virus. The consequences of this on health care workers' short- and long-term mental health could be significant and could weaken the health care system's ability to resolve the current pandemic and survive over the long term. During quarantine & lockdown periods people were completely isolated – individuals got stuck wherever they were. Some were abroad some were in the town some were w