Women's Mental Health in the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic

Even if the fatality rate has been twice higher for men than for women, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected women more than men, both as frontline workers and at home. The aim of our article was to analyze the differences observed in mental health and violence between men and women in the COVID outbr...

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Published in:Frontiers in Global Women's Health Vol. 1; p. 588372
Main Authors: Thibaut, Florence, van Wijngaarden-Cremers, Patricia J. M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Lausanne Frontiers Media SA 08.12.2020
Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
domestic violence
gender
Global Women's Health
Mental disorders
mental health
pregnancy
women
Womens health
United States > US
ISSN:2673-5059, 2673-5059
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Summary:Even if the fatality rate has been twice higher for men than for women, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected women more than men, both as frontline workers and at home. The aim of our article was to analyze the differences observed in mental health and violence between men and women in the COVID outbreak. For this purpose, we have used all papers available in PubMed between January and July 2020 as well as data from non-governmental associations. We have thus successively analyzed the situation of pregnancy during the pandemic; the specific psychological and psychiatric risks faced by women both as patients and as workers in the health sector, the increased risk of violence against women at home and at workplace and, finally the risk run by children within their families. In conclusion, research on the subject of mental health issues during the Covid-19 pandemic is still scarce, especially in women. We hope that this pandemic will help to recognize the major role of women at home and at the workplace.
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This article was submitted to Women's Mental Health, a section of the journal Frontiers in Global Women's Health
Reviewed by: Sonia Shenoy, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India; Jasmin Grigg, Monash University, Australia
Edited by: Jayashri Kulkarni, Monash University, Australia
ISSN:2673-5059
2673-5059
DOI:10.3389/fgwh.2020.588372