Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic on Mental Health In India: A Systematic Review

Abstract

The corona pandemic has developed as a healthiness emergency all over the globe. Looking at the number of people affected, total confirmed cases are more than 500 lakhs and overall demises are more than 10 lakhs all over the world. The kind of effects the pandemic is having on the life of people is causing an impact on their mental health. In this background, the goal of this systematic analysis is to find the global effect of Corona pandemic on psychological health of the people by studying and collating the present research studies which were conducted in India. PRISMA technique was used for selection of the related articles. The findings revealed that lockdown and social isolation due to quarantine which were the precautionary measures to prevent the Covid 19 infection have impacted the physical and mental health of the people. Increased prevalence of various mental health problems like Anxiety and depression is evident. Therefore, it is important to wisely see and assess the impact of pandemic on the beginning and development problem regarding mental health.