Worldwide lockdown to curb the COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected the routine life but has also created a devastating effect on mental health. Lockdowns, quarantines, and social-distancing are some measures to prevent COVID-19 transmission, but they are contributing to negative, and potentially debilitating psychological effects, especially in women and children. Mandatory stay-at-home rules, economic uncertainties, managing work-life balance, and fear of getting infected with the virus have stressed people. This has exacerbated into panic attacks, anxiety, behavioral ups and downs, depression, etc.
Women and young children are the ones who are suffering the most. There has been a drastic rise in instances of domestic violence, sexual assault, and mental torture in women . A dramatic increase in the cases of unintended pregnancies followed by miscarriages has been observed during…
