Mental Health Effects of COVID-19

The physical effects of COVID-19 are felt globally. However, one issue that has not been sufficiently addressed is the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens worldwide are enduring widespread lockdowns; children are out of school; and millions have lost their jobs, which has caused anxiety, depression, insomnia, and distress. Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 provides a comprehensive analysis of mental health problems resulting from COVID-19, including depression, suicidal thoughts and attempts, trauma, and PTSD. The book includes chapters detailing the impact of COVID-19 on the family's well-being and society dynamics. The book concludes with an explanation on how meditation and online treatment methods can be used to combat the effects on mental health.

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Dr. Ahmed Moustafa is the Head of School of Psychology and Professor of Psychology and Computational Modeling at Bond University, Australia. He obtained his BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science at Cairo University, Egypt, and his PhD in Cognitive Science at the University of Lafayette, USA. Dr. Moustafa specializes in computational and neuropsychological studies of addiction, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, PTSD, depression, and Alzheimer's disease. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Discover Psychology (Springer) and has edited ten books, including Elsevier's Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction; The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity; Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia; Mental Health Effects of COVID-19; Alzheimer's Disease; Cybersecurity and Cognitive Science; Big Data in Psychiatry and Neurology; The Nature of Depression; and Social Cognition in Psychosis.

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Part I - Impact of COVID-19 on mental health

1. COVID-19 and the impact on gambling, sex, and pornography use and addictions
   Anastasia Hronis and Patrick Dixon
2. Care leavers' experiences of COVID-19 in Uganda and Ghana: Implications for their mental health and psychosocial wellbeing
   Paul Bukuluki, Kwabena Frimpong-Manso, and Francis Kato
   3. The impact of COVID-19 on mental health of frontline health workers in Ghana and Uganda
   Simon Peter Katongole, Peter Yaro, and Paul Bukuluki
3. The psychosocial effect of COVID-19 on urban refugees: Narratives from Congolese refugees living in Kampala
   Paul Bukuluki, Hadijah Mwenyango, Francis Kato, Agnes Kyamulabi, and Alex Bagabo
4. Psychological distress, social support, and psychological flexibility during COVID-19
   Richard Tindle and Ahmed A. Moustafa
5. The impact of COVID-19 social restrictions on culture and psychosocial well-being: The Ghanaian experience
   Alfred Dickson Dai-Kosi, Victoria Akuorkor Acquaye, Kingsley Kwadwo Asare Pereko, Paa-Kwesi Blankson, and Christian Ackom
6. "Alone, but not lonely": The impact of COVID-19 on older persons and the role of technology in staying connected
   Ceylan Okan, Gabrielle Weidemann, and Phoebe E. Bailey
7. Social isolation as a laboratory model of depression
   Gunes Unal
8. Increased hallucinations in patients with Alzheimer's disease during the Covid-19 lockdown: A presentation of two cases
   Mohamad El Haj and Frank Larøi
9. Eating disorders during a coronavirus pandemic
   Samantha Hayes and Evelyn Smith

10. Obsessive-compulsive disorder during and after Covid-19 pandemic
    An l afak Kaçar

    Part II - Recent topics on impact of COVID-19 on health

11. The role of nutrition in respiratory disease and COVID-19 management
    Kingsley Kwadwo Asare Pereko, Enock Dugbatey Mensah, Victoria Akuorkor Acquaye, Christiana Nsiah-Asamoah, Flora Chadare, Freda Dzifa Intiful, Jacob Setorglo, Nancy Innocentia Ebu, and Alfred Dickson Dai-Kosi
12. Physical activity as a counteracting measure to mitigate the harmful effects of COVID-19 lockdowns: Special focus on healthy children, adolescents, adults, elderly, athletes, and people with Down syndrome
    Monoem Haddad, Zied Abbes, Amine Ghram, Germina Cosma, and Karim Chamari
13. Parenting through the COVID-19 pandemic
    Natalie M.V. Morrison and Ben. W. Morrison
14. Compliance with health-protective behaviors in relation to COVID-19: The roles of health-related misinformation, perceived vulnerability, and personality traits
    Zahir Vally
15. Social media use, experiences of social connectedness and wellbeing during COVID-19
    Jacqui Taylor-Jackson, Imogen Abba, Alessandra Baradel, Jeremy Lay, Jasmin Herewini, and Amber Taylor
16. Cognitive behavior therapy for COVID-19 related distress
    Karen Moses and Bethany M. Wootton