*Address for correspondence: Pourabi Chaudhury, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry – Centre of Excellence, 7, D.L. Khan Road, Kolkata. Email: pourabi.chaudhury@gmail.com On January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the corona virus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.[1]In the current … [Read more...] about Frontline Health workers – The Warriors of COVID-19 Outbreak: Psychological Concerns and Assistance in Indian Context
Brief Commentary
Community resilience is the way forward: critically reflective academic commentary
*Author of Correspondence: Dr. Indrani Lahiri, De Montfort University, Leicester, London Email: ilahiri@dmu.ac.uk “It is the great irony of human progress that as humanity has increased its control of nature it has become immeasurably more vulnerable to the power and products of human thought itself. Despite our technological mastery of disease, hunger and hostile environments, … [Read more...] about Community resilience is the way forward: critically reflective academic commentary
Suicide during Covid-19: Need for Swift Public Health Action
COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by WHO on 11th March 2020, raising its position from that of an epidemic. A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease and with it brings a major public health concern. Apart from leading to an abrupt shift in our lifestyle and evoking fear, COVID-19, like any other pandemic has also resulted in a series of unfortunate events, … [Read more...] about Suicide during Covid-19: Need for Swift Public Health Action
“The Cries behind the Closed Rooms”: Domestic Violence against Women during COVID-19, A Crisis Call
Author of Correspondence: Dr. Debanjan Banerjee, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India E-mail: dr.Djan88@gmail.com ABSTRACT The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a global health threat. Beyond just the public health perspective, such pandemics can cause immense psycho-social implications, … [Read more...] about “The Cries behind the Closed Rooms”: Domestic Violence against Women during COVID-19, A Crisis Call
Immediate Care for Psychological Events and Emergencies in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic
*Author of Correspondence: Dr. Meena K S, Additional Professor and Head, Department of Mental Health Education, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India E-mail: meenaksiyer@gmail.com The focus of attention of the entire world for the recent few months has been the massive outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, commonly called the … [Read more...] about Immediate Care for Psychological Events and Emergencies in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic