COVID-19 and Lockdown: A Study on the Impact on Mental Health

13 Pages Posted: 21 Apr 2020

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Syed Sajid Husain Kazmi

Department of Clinical Psychology, AIBAS, Amity University Lucknow

Dr Kashif Hasan

Amity Lucknow Campus

Sufia Talib

King George’s Medical University

Sagar Saxena

Amity University - Amity Business School

Date Written: April 15, 2020

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has caused havoc worldwide. India is also going through a challenging situation as the number of infected/positive cases is increasing day by day. With strict preventive measures and restrictions by the Indian Government in the form of nationwide lockdown, the citizens are going through a range of psychological and emotion reactions, fear and uncertainty being one of them. This study was conducted with the aim of exploring the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown on the mental health of individuals. DASS-21 was used to assess Depression, Anxiety and Stress among 1000 respondents. Results suggest that there is a significant difference among Depression, Anxiety and Stress across age, gender and employment. Also, Depression was found to be high among the respondents of age range 15-35 years, Anxiety was found to be prevalent among those belonging to 21-25 years of age and Stress was found to be high in individuals of 21-25 years of age.

Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, mental health, psychological distress, wellbeing

Suggested Citation

Kazmi, Syed Sajid Husain and Hasan, Kashif and Talib, Sufia and Saxena, Sagar, COVID-19 and Lockdown: A Study on the Impact on Mental Health (April 15, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3577515 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3577515

Syed Sajid Husain Kazmi (Contact Author)

Department of Clinical Psychology, AIBAS, Amity University Lucknow ( email )

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Kashif Hasan

Amity Lucknow Campus ( email )

Viraj Khand - 5
Gomti Nagar Scheme
Lucknow, U.P. 226010
India

Sufia Talib

King George’s Medical University ( email )

Lucknow, 226003
India

Sagar Saxena

Amity University - Amity Business School ( email )

Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201313
India

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