Abstract
COVID-19 Hysteria: a “Chinese whispers” kind of game or a cause for psychiatric pathology?
Highlights
Hysteria is, as Gisèle Harrus Révidi put it, "an evil which has passed through all ages, but which has been adaptable to every culture" (1)
Public health representatives have begun to provide critical information on the spread of this new coronavirus so that, at both governmental and individual levels, measures can be taken to limit the spread of this virus (2)
A recent study of the Chinese population, which included 4872 participants from 31 autonomous regions, all over the age of 18, showed that more than 80% of participants reported frequent exposure to information received from social media during coronavirus pandemic. 48.3% of participants had episodes of depression, 22.6% reported anxiety and 19.4% reported both depression and anxiety
Summary
As Gisèle Harrus Révidi put it, "an evil which has passed through all ages, but which has been adaptable to every culture" (1). A new threat has emerged among the population, the psychological suffering resulting from repeated exposure to information received from the media. This has implications for the immediate suffering of the population that is already socially and economically affected but it has effects on physical and mental health over time (2).
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