3 In the time of the outbreak, individuals are commonly stressed and worried
4 and resulted in an economic crisis.
5 Since COVID-19 is an emerging suddenly and highly infectious, it causes serious threats to peoples’ physical health and lives. Besides, data from different countries highlighted that the COVID-19 outbreak and associated quarantine measures negatively affect mental health and triggered a wide variety of psychological problems and increase symptoms of psychological distress such as anxiety, depression, suicidal attempts and post-traumatic stress among the general population.
6–8 The stressful conditions of COVID-19 pandemic also lead to psychological distress and clinical worsening of affective symptoms in individuals with mental disorders.