Looking into Pandora's Box between "Everything" and "But" -Depression, Pain of Losses the Next Pandemic of Humanity?

Authors

  • Mioara Grigoras Psychologist, Private Individual Clinic (Romania)
  • Anamaria Ciubara Professor, Clinical Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy,”Dunărea de Jos” University, 800216, Galați, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/12.2/210

Keywords:

COVID-19, depression, loss psychotherapy – mourning

Abstract

This Article seeks to give an overview of how the pandemic has affected society throughout this period, which can be a source of many mental health problems.

As in the Spanish influenza pandemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and the imposition of measures of social separation, isolation and limitation of contact with other people were, and are still, a major stress factor.  The stress associated with this period disrupted the functioning of people both individually and socially, being the main factor of the phenomenon called compensation.

Under the current circumstances, people have a predisposition for emotional disorders such as: Anxiety, depression, stress, insomnia, anger, Emotional depletion and including post-traumatic symptoms of disorder, according to recent studies by the Lancet analyzing the psychological effects of quarantine.

The COVID-19 crisis has a wide range of effects on our mental and emotional health: From negative emotions with greater intensity and duration, such as anxiety and depression, to unfinished emotional mourning, linked both to the loss of loved ones and even to emotional and relational disconnection. 

Also, all that has happened in recent times makes us live in “collective pain” , we have lost our right to travel without restrictions or the freedom to participate in sad events or family and community joy, we have lost family or friends.

In many cases of these losses, the strands of the dollar are also being cut, which is why people need additional support. We need to find solutions to this, because we have to deal with the natural grief caused by human disappearance, as we know it, but also an isolation characteristic of the suffering process that now overlaps the physical isolation imposed by the epidemic.

Another important aspect is to prevent instability in the psycho-social element of the human Community. It is clear that there is a need to impose safety measures both jointly and individually.  

Psychological aspects should be addressed early, so that measures can be taken to reduce the psychological costs of pandemic, perceived isolation and to address uncertainties that can give rise to anxiety and depression. Addressing psychological issues has effects not only in the short term, motivating adherence to pandemic measures, but also in the long term, through lower incidence of post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, etc.

The fastest change expected after this crisis will be the individual one, each crisis is a chance for every person to look further.

Author Biographies

Mioara Grigoras, Psychologist, Private Individual Clinic (Romania)

Psychologist, Private Individual Clinic (Romania)

Anamaria Ciubara, Professor, Clinical Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy,”Dunărea de Jos” University, 800216, Galați, Romania

Professor, Clinical Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy,”Dunărea de Jos” University, 800216, Galați, Romania

References

Babore, A., Lombardi, L., Viceconti, M. L., Pignataro, S., Marino, V., Crudele, M., & Trumello, C. (2020). Psychological effects of the COVID-2019 pandemic: Perceived stress and coping strategies among healthcare professionals. Psychiatry Research, 293, 113366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113366

Bolos, A., Ciubara, A. M., & Chirita, R. (2012). Moral and ethical aspects of the relationship between depression and suicide. Revista Romana de Bioetica, 10(3), 71-79.

Cullen, W., Gulati, G., & Kelly, B. D. (2020). Mental health in the Covid-19 pandemic. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 113(5), 311-312. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaa110

Fischer, G., & Riedesser, P. (2007). Treatise on psychotraumatology (2nd ed.). Trei.

Huremović, D. (Ed.). (2019). Psychiatry of pandemics: A mental health response to infection outbreak. Springer.

Kübler-Ross, E., & Kessler, D. (2005). On grief and grieving: Finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of loss. Scribner.

Luca, L., Baroiu, L., Ciubara, A. B., Anghel, R., Bulgaru-Iliescu, A. I., Anghel, L., & Ciubara, A. (2020). Covid-19 and the Spanish Flu. From suffering to re-silience, BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, 11(3S1), 01-07. https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/11.3sup1/116

Luca, L., Ciubara, A. B., Fulga, I., Burlea, S. L., Terpan, M., & Ciubara, A. M. (2020). Social implications for psychiatric pathology of depressive and anxiety disorders, alcohol addiction and psychotic disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania. Analysis of two relevant psychiatry hospitals. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 69, 261-272. https://doi.org/10.33788/rcis.69.16

Radu, C., Bulgaru-Iliescu, D., Rahota, D., 7 Dumbrava, D. P. (2014). Ethical notions in catastrophies. Revista Romana de Bioetica, 12(2), 53-57.

Sandu, A. (2020a). The Principles of Bioethics and their Use in Ethical Decision-Making. Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Social Sciences, 9(1), 139-154. https://doi.org/10.18662/lumenss/9.1/39

Sandu, A. (2020b). Pandemic - Catalyst of the Virtualization of the Social Space. Postmodern Openings, 11(1Sup2), 115-140. https://doi.org/10.18662/po/11.1sup2/146

Sandu, A. (2020c). Bioethics of Public Policies. Ethical Standards in Crisis Situations. Postmodern Openings, 11(1Sup2), 141-160. https://doi.org/10.18662/po/11.1sup2/147

Sandu, A. (2020d). Bioethics – Philosophy or Science?. Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Philosophy & Humanistic Sciences, 8(1), 44-60. https://doi.org/10.18662/lumenphs/8.1/35

Sandu, A., & Nistor, P. (2020b). Individual versus Social in Psycho-Sociology. The Social Construction of Reality. Moldavian Journal for Education and Social Psychology, 4(2), 44-49. https://doi.org/10.18662/mjesp/4.2/21

Necula M. R., Sandu, A., & Damian, S-I. (2018). The Role Of Social Assistance In Therapeutic Education. Archiv Euromedica, 8(2), 24-30. http://www.ewg-board.eu/archiv-euromedica/archiv-euromedica_02_2018/PAGES_archiv_euromedica_02_2018_maket_27_12_2018-24_30.pdf

Vasile, D. (2012). Family trauma and compensatory resources (2nd ed.). SPER.

Vrasti, R., (2012). Ghid practic de intervenție în criză [Practical guide to crisis intervention]. Vrasti.org. http://www.vrasti.org/Ghid%20Practic%20de%20Interventie%20in%20Criza.pdf

Yao, H., Chen, J. H., & Xu, Y. B. (2020). Patients with mental health disorders in the COVID-19 epidemic. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(4), e21. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30090

Downloads

Published

2021-07-19

How to Cite

Grigoras, M. ., & Ciubara, A. . (2021). Looking into Pandora’s Box between "Everything" and "But" -Depression, Pain of Losses the Next Pandemic of Humanity?. BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, 12(2), 326-334. https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/12.2/210

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 3 4 5 > >> 

Publish your work at the Scientific Publishing House LUMEN

It easy with us: publish now your work, novel, research, proceeding at Lumen Scientific Publishing House

Send your manuscript right now