The Covid-19 Pandemic as a Social Stressor

Psychological and Psychiatric Risk Factors (Based on Foreign Studies)

Bibliographic Data

ID22035357
AuthorsZ V Lukovtseva (0000-0002-3033-498X, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume11
Issue4
Pages13-25
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Psychology and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2221-1527 • E-ISSN: 2311-7052
PublisherMoscow State University of Psychology and Education (PUBLISHER • RU)
DOI10.17759/sps.2020110402
OpenAlexW3114196067
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

Objective. Systematization of the main factors of psychological and psychiatric risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, identified in foreign studies. Background. The need to clarify ideas about the determination of psychological and psychiatric problems caused by the socially stressful impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is dictated primarily by the demands of practice. The relevance of actions in this direction is determined by the continuing instability of the epidemiological and socio-economic situation, the need for prompt and wide coverage of those in need with programs of psychological and psychiatric care, the fragmentation and inconsistency of existing information about the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of the population. Methodology. A theoretical analysis of literature sources describing foreign studies of psychological and psychiatric risk factors against the background of a pandemic was carried out; using a comparative analytical method, the meaning and degree of knowledge of situational and individual factors are determined. Conclusions. The general features of studies conducted by psychologists and psychiatrists from different countries against the background of the coronavirus threat were revealed (the predominance of the remote format, the reduction in the variety and volume of diagnostic tools, the use of large-scale samples). The main factors of psychological and psychiatric risk affecting the population in the context of the spread of coronavirus are divided into situational and individual. The factors of the first group are differentiated according to their degree of specificity for the COVID-19 pandemic, while in the second group, socio-demographic and medico-psychological factors are distinguished. It is shown that individual psychological characteristics that can determine the nature of a person’s response to a pandemic remain the least studied and clarification of their composition is an urgent scientific and practical task

Disease · Environmental health · Mental health · Pandemic · Population · Psychiatry · Situational ethics · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Human Health and Disease · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Development and Education · Social Psychology