IMPACT OF STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ON MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS AND GENERAL POPULATION WELLBEING DURING COVID 19
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Well-being, Stress, Anxiety, Depression
Abstract
In recent years, there has been increase in the anxiety, depression and other related disorders due to the drastic changes that are taking place in our society because of the advancement in the technology and moreover also because of the outbreak of COVID 19 from last year which is basically resulting from the spread of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus due to which there has been a severe impact on an individual's well being. The objective of the present is to explore and investigate the impact of stress, anxiety and depression on an individual's well-being. Data was collected using the DASS-21 and General Well-being Index (1998 version) from a sample size of 60. It was hypothesized that there will be no significant relationship between the level of stress, anxiety and depression of mental health patients and the general population on their well-being. The results were analyzed using the t-test.
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