During COVID-19 lock-down various psychological issues were witnessed by the people who had to remain quarantined at home. These slides explains various issues and the ways these issues can be handled in an effective manner.

1. Psychological issues
during Covid-19 lockdown
Dr Tarun Kumar Sharma
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Mohanlal Sukhadia University
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Quarantine
- Institutional
- Relief Camps
Home (With or
without
Observation
Isolation

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Thinking determines personality
Thinking Feelings Attitude
ActionsHabitsPersonality

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Mental health issues
How to know that there is an issue?
Functional impairment,
subjective discomfort
Symptoms
Anxiety : GAD, PTSD, SAD, OCD
Depression : Cognitive triad
Substance Abuse

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What could be done?
•Explaining
•Routine, Correct information,
•feedback , No specific deadline
•Talk therapy – Listening to understand
•What is the way out, if you would decide?
•Leveraging from the group
•Breaking automated negative thoughts chain

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Mental health Care

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Cognitive distortions
•Fortune telling
•Mind Reading
•Overgeneralization
•Magnification and Minimization
- disqualifying the positives

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