‘Jack be nimble Jack be quick…’: mental health and psychosocial response in the time of coronavirus

摘要

The novel coronavirus pandemic has the potential to disrupt global human development like no other disaster since the Second World War. Alongside the massive bio-social and economic impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis, the mental health burdens caused by infection-related fears, social distancing, isolation and quarantine, and illness, as well as prolonged economic concern, may be substantial and persist long after the pandemic ends. Youth, those living with preexisting mental health conditions, people in migration, the homeless, and older adults across the globe will be particularly vulnerable to emotional and social disruption wrought by Covid-19.