The COVID-19 outbreak has become one of the greatest threats ever recorded in medical history and the hair-raising fact is that, at present, no vaccine has been invented to cure this contagious disease. To fight against SARS-COV-2, people have started following the idea of home quarantine in order to organically break the chain of virus spreading. The sole purpose of home-quarantine is to promote the idea of social distancing so that people stay protected from virus exposure.<\/p>\n
Read Also:\u00a0Facing a Health crisis? Here\u2019s how you can keep yourself healthy<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n However, staying at home for a long period (usually three months) is not as easy as it may sound. This restriction can exert severe mental casualties as the practice of quarantine affects three fundamental factors of mental health-<\/p>\n Due to the isolation mode, people are feeling incompetent since they have to stay confined in the houses and consequently, can not perform their regular duties or control the circumstances. Since most of the official sectors have stopped operating, all institutional and entertainment zones are closed, social events are dropped, the period of quarantine has become dismaying for most of the people around the world. Despite being home with other family members, it is also potential that people may experience cabin fever, PTSD syndromes, depressive complexes, and other various psychological distress due to long-term isolation. Some of the possible mental health effects are-<\/p>\n Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\n
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