LOCAL LITERATURE

The 2019 coronavirus illness (COVID-19) was declared a

pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020.
Michael L. Tee,a,b Cherica A. Tee,c, Joseph P. Anlacan,d
Katrina Joy G. Aligam,d Patrick Wincy C. Reyes,e Vipat
Kuruchittham,f and Roger C. Hog wrote an essay titled
Psychological impact of COVID-19 epidemic in the Philippines.
Infection or the death of family and friends, according to
this article, might damage an individual's general mental
health well-being (Ahmed et al., 2020). Patients with
confirmed or suspected COVID-19 may experience fear, whereas
those in quarantine may experience boredom, loneliness, or
anger (Xiang et al., 2020). The epidemic's deep emotional
traumas and social strains have even led to suicide among the
most vulnerable people (Mamun & Griffiths, 2020; Mamun &
Ullah, 2020; Miller, 2020; Rajkumar, 2020a). During this
pandemic, determining the frequency of negative mental health
conditions in a population and preventing the psychological
dangers and ramifications is crucial.
Another article that discusses which is related to our
topic entitled the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical and
mental health of Asians by Cuiyan Wang,Michael Tee,Ashley
Edward Roy,Mohammad A. Fardin,Wandee Srichokchatchawan,Hina A.
Habib,Bach X. Tran,Shahzad Hussain,Men T. Hoang,Xuan T.
Le,Wenfang Ma,Hai Q. Pham,Mahmoud Shirazi. This article stated
that, the global economy, livelihood, and physical and mental
well-being have all been touched by the coronavirus illness
(COVID-19) pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, emerging
psychiatric illnesses and mental well-being were identified as
the seventh most common research topic. During the COVID-19
pandemic, relatively high rates of anxiety, depression, post-
traumatic stress disorder, and stress were recorded in the
general public and health care professionals around the world,
according to a new systematic study.