MENTAL HEALTH CARE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC INLIGHT OF UNANI MEDICINE
Azma Waseem*, Waseem Ahmad and Mohammad Fazil
ABSTRACT
In the present scenario, outbreak of Covid-9 disease has influenced the world population in all aspects including the mental condition giving rise to new challenges and aggravating pre-existing issues. In the global crisis of Covid-19, mental health issues are reported from all part of the world. The ongoing crisis together with the economic slump has had damaging effects on the mental health of individuals especially in developing countries. The mental health effects of Covid-19 are as important to address as are the physical health effects. Various measures have been adopted through guidelines and interventions at global level to overcome or reduce the mental health related problems with conventional as well as traditional medicine. In this context, an attempt has been made to review the role of Unani medicine. In Unani medicine, concept of mental health is very explanatory. Mental illnesses occur due to temperamental dyscracia and imbalances of four humours in brain as well as treatment guidelines of mental illnesses are very well described. Unani scholars have advised the use of three methods of treatments in the management of mental disorders. Hence the drugs used on these principles for the management should perhaps work in mental illnesses. Scientific studies evaluating either pharmacological or therapeutic potential of Unani drugs for mental health are also presented. This review will provide effective framework for reducing the detrimental effect on mental health during pandemic of Covid-19, and information for future research on drugs and raises the speculation for developing possible intervention in curbing mental health problems.
Keywords: Covid-19, Mental health, Unani medicine, Plant origin drug.
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