Psychological and Spiritual Review on Stress, Immunity, Mental Health Issues and Stress Management Strategies Related to Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Mental health is also a major field that can be identified under the definition of health. Mental health is not just the absence of mental illnesses. (Bos. E.H; Snippe. E; De Jonge, B; Jeronimus. B.F, 2016). According to the World Health Organization, mental health is “a state of wellbeing in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stressors of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.'' (“Mental Healthâ€, WHO). But with the arising of pandemic situations like COVID-19, a novel corona virus, individual mental health will tend to decrease gradually. Due to this, immunity which fight against these bacterial and viral diseases might reduce within the human body. Implementing strategies should be done in these kind of situations to manage the stress level within the community to control the pandemic situation and to boost the immunity within the society. And people who are having mental diseases should be given a special care during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to uplift the mental health of their current condition. This study has conducted as a case study in order to investigate the psychological and physical reasons that lead to reduce the immunity of the folks during the Covid-19 pandemic and to suggest the stress management strategies to overcome those issues and to boost wellness of the human being. As the problem statement, this study addresses the immune boosting and stress management strategies to cope up with Covid-19 with the objective of uplift the physical, mental and spiritual wellness of the folks within the society. So it can be concluded that minimizing stress, and related mental health issues will definitely help to boost the immunity and to uplift the mental health of the mentally ill people and to provide extra care during this Covid-19 pandemic.