Psychological and Social effects of Home Quarantine due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Abstract
Since the end of 2019, the world has known an exceptional situation due to the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), which spread widely and in a short period of time. This virus was first detected in Wuhan (Hubei Province, China) in December 2019 [1]. In Lebanon, the first confirmed case of coronavirus was detected on February 21, 2020 [2]. On March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization declared it a global pandemic [3] that must be confronted by taking obligatory precautionary measures, until its demise or the availability of a vaccine. While there is no vaccine, many countries have implemented a series of interventions to reduce infection and slow the progression and spread of the epidemic [4]. One of the most important measures taken to contain this virus is the home quarantine of the population to avoid direct contact, and the complete closure of all areas, which led to the disruption of most daily activities [5]. Quarantine imposed on citizens for several days or weeks to contain the spread of the virus, is not an easy matter. This situation may cause many individual and collective psychological problems, especially for the psychologically and/or socially and economically weak population groups. Man is social by nature... [6] This means that he cannot live apart from the group. Perhaps the most important characteristic of humans when they communicate with each other is the occurrence of interaction on the basis of which a number of relationships are based. Social interaction is one of the most important features of social life. Hanyi asserts that individuals in general depend on communication and interaction with each other in order to survive and achieve certain goals or objectives, the most important of which is self-esteem [7]. Some have also considered social contacts to be one of the greatest sources of well-being for people who spend most of their lives in the company of others [8]. The aim of this article is to determine the possible effects of prolonged quarantine on the mental and psychological health of people, as the stone affects the lifestyle and may cause many problems such as boredom, stress, anxiety and depression, sleep disorders, addictive behavior, hostile behavior, and others... [9].
In the following, we will discuss, in some detail, these and other problems, while providing some solutions to reduce as much as possible these problems and their negative effects on human health.
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