Indirect Consequences of Mental Health Problems in Crisis: COVID‑19, An Example

Exposure to major public health events such as covid‑19 infectious epidemic in any country can be followed by challenges such as epidemiological features, rapid transmission patterns, and insufficient readiness of health authorities to cope with the outbreak among community.[1,2] In this incident, mental health care will be crucial for patients and health professionals who have been directly affected by the 2019‑nCoV epidemic[1,2] but nowadays, due to the expanse of cyberspace and the individuals ease of access as well as virtual networks, people are increasingly exposed to numerous and sometimes untrustworthy information about the crisis and the disease epidemic. As information becomes faster and more advanced, it can be a new challenge in social media.