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Mental health during COVID-19 pandemic/Baghdad Al-Karkh

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  • Noora ABD-Al-Hussein Dawood Al-Jbouri
  • Zainab Jawad Kadhim Mashkury
  • Rawa Jaafar Kadhim Al-Ameri

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Background: This study reviewed the psychological consequences of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 and the challenges that face post-traumatic interventions. COVID-19 pandemic has multifaceted psychological effects extending social stigmatization to COVID-19 patients, resulted in delaying in medical care and hiding important medical history, particularly of travel, this in turn will increase the risk of transmission. Objectives of the study: To explore if there is significant impacts of public health emergency COVID-19 on mental health among clients attending Al/Karkh Care centers. Methods: Cross-sectional study describes the mental health status among clients attending Al-Karkh Health Centers during the COVID-19 pandemic, using mental health reports from Mental Health Unit/Al-Karkh Health Directorate, which were collected from January to August. Using (SPSS25) for statistical analysis. Statistical test Chi-square used and p value of ⩽.05 was considered significant. Results: The percentages of psychological disturbances among clients is higher throughout the first 7 months of 2019 than 2020, till August the percentage of psychological disturbances started to hike up in 2020 than in 2019 (6%), (5.4%) respectively. Throughout the months of 2020 up to August there was significant difference between male and female clients in mental disturbances p value

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  • Noora ABD-Al-Hussein Dawood Al-Jbouri & Zainab Jawad Kadhim Mashkury & Rawa Jaafar Kadhim Al-Ameri, 2022. "Mental health during COVID-19 pandemic/Baghdad Al-Karkh," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 68(4), pages 738-744, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:68:y:2022:i:4:p:738-744
    DOI: 10.1177/00207640211004987
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    COVID19; mental health;

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