Living through global trauma: why South Africa needs a public mental-health response to COVID-19

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Teagle
KEYWORDS: COVID-19, ECONOMIC REFORM, MENTAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-covid19-april-2020/living-through-global-trauma
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11359
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15358
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15358

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Abstract

The mental-health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic form a significant part of the overall health risk. Failure to put in place measures to mitigate the psychological impacts of quarantine is likely to undermine its effectiveness and slow economic recovery. In South Africa, the stage is already set for major mental-health implications.