GLOBAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ENVIRONMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING DURING LOCKDOWN

Abstract

The pandemic of COVID-19 resulted in widespread death and economic devastation. To mitigate the effects of COVID-19, measures such as border closures limitations on travel, social activities, attendance at places of worship and closure of educational institutes were implemented. This sudden restriction on all the social activities had a grave impact on environment as well as psychological well-being of general masses. A quick review was carried out to carefully analyze, summarize, and critically evaluate the existing information on the association between environmental anxiety and psychological repercussions. The literature search was conducted from Science Direct, Google Scholar, Wiley online and Scopus peer reviewed journals. This study emphasis psychological influence and environmental anxiety due to COVID-19. Based on the literature of 55 published studies, clusters namely environmental impact after lockdown, global impact on environment, psychological well-being due to lockdown and provision of mental health services during the lockdown were identified to critically evaluate the global effects of lock down.