COVID-19 and Mental Health Challenges in Bangladesh

KM Amran Hossain; Susmita Roy; Mohammad Mosayed Ullah; Russell Kabir; SM Yasir Arafat

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Advances in Medical, Dental and Health Sciences,2020,3,2,31-33.

DOI:10.5530/amdhs.2020.2.8

Published:July 2020

Type:Short Communication

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Author(s) affiliations:

KM Amran Hossain^1,*, Susmita Roy², Mohammad Mosayed Ullah³, Russell Kabir⁴, SM Yasir Arafat⁵

¹Department of Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Dhaka, BANGLADESH.

²Department of Psychiatry, Jalalabad Ragib Rabeya Medical College, Sylhet, BANGLADESH.

³Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA.

⁴School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK.

⁵Department of Psychiatry, Enam Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, BANGLADESH.

Abstract:

Bangladesh is expected to face a rapid upraise of SARS- CoV-2 outbreak and the nation is in a state of locked down. Evidences suggests a nation suffers a wide range of mental health issues related to anxiety, fear, isolation, depression, panic, emotional outburst and sleep disturbances during COVID 19 pandemic. The psychological impairments are significant to the diagnosed cases, suspected cases, quarantine cases, health workers and their families and relatives. But the health individual spending times with an experience of pandemic are also vulnerable for mental health crisis. There are structured approaches and strategies for the management of this crisis that needs to be taken into account for a comprehensive strategy to meet the spreading challenge in the next potential horizon of COVID 19.

Keywords:Bangladesh, Challenges, COVID-19, Mental Health, Pandemic