Coping With Pandemics: A Historical Perspective About Society's Tools to Deal With Global Infectious Diseases.
J Nerv Ment Dis
; 211(12): 927-933, 2023 12 01.
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Throughout history, society has dealt with several devastating pandemics. Our objective is to analyze society's coping mechanisms to deal with pandemic-related stress in history congruent with the values of the time. For that purpose, we have carefully selected some of the most significant pandemics based on their impact and the available psychosocial literature. After a brief introduction, society's coping tools are reviewed and analyzed for the Antonine Plague, the second bubonic plague, the third cholera pandemic, the Spanish flu, the HIV pandemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite occurring at different times in history, parallels can be established in the study of society's psychological reactions among different pandemics. Magical thinking, political skepticism, fake accusations, and discrimination of minorities are recurrent reactions in society among different pandemics in history.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Peste
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Doenças Transmissíveis
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Influenza Pandêmica, 1918-1919
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COVID-19
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article