Wave of Psychological Pandemic Post COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Mental Health Review

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 outbreak which originated in the markets of China had marked its third birth anniversary in December 2022, but its birth has brought more pain than joy. COVID-19, declared as a Pandemic by W.H.O. in March, 2020, has have a tremendous amount of impact on people’s physical as well as psychological health. The pandemic has apparently been predicted to bring a “tsunami of mental health illnesses” as its aftermath. Restrictive measures like social distancing, lockdowns, along with other psycho-socio-economic issue has brought an upsurge in the cases of mental health problems during the pandemic especially in the country like India which is known for its unified-diversified demographics. But another Truth is that the success of the global response—the ability of both women and men to survive and recover from the pandemic’s effects represent’s sex and gender differences. Objectives: The aim of this systematic review paper is to employ a fair outlook of the published literature on the effects of COVID- 19 on the women’s mental health and understanding the risk factors involved in India. Methodology: A systematic search was undertaken for the original research published from the starting of the COVID -October, 2022 using multiple electronic databases, following PRISMA guidelines. Results: Women had considerably found to have increased mental health problems due to the lockdown. Conclusion: Studies has shown the rise in prevalence of mental health disorders in women. The COVID -19 pandemic is strongly associated with high levels of psychological distress, thus increasing the burden of mental health problems which needs to be addressed with utmost priority.