Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and role of nurse

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 was sudden and unexpected for the world. The first known case of COVID-19 was identified in late December- 2019. Within the short period of 3-4 months disease was spread to the most countries of the world and WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic disease on 11th of March 2020. High infectivity and fatality rate of COVID- 19 has caused universal psychological impact, which has resulted in the mass hysteria, economic burden and financial losses. “Coronaphobia”, fear of COVID -19 has resulted into plethora of psychiatric manifestations like depression, anxiety and stress across the different strata of the society.So this review has been undertaken to define the impact of COVID- 19 pandemic on mental health along with role of nurse in reducing the impact on the society.