Psychological impact of mass quarantine on population during pandemics-The COVID-19 Lock-Down (COLD) study.
Deeksha PandeySuvrati BansalShubham GoyalAkanksha GargNikita SethiDan Isaac PothiyillEdavana Santhosh SreelakshmiMehmood Gulab SayyadRishi SethiPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Our results suggest a progressively detrimental impact of lockdown on various aspects of psychological health. We noticed around eight to ten fold increase in the prevalence of depression (30.5%) and anxiety (22.4%) during lockdown, as compared to baseline statistics in Indian population (3·1-3·6% for depressive disorders and 3·0-3·5% for anxiety disorders).