Aaron Y Zeng
Atholton High School, Columbia, MD 41044, United States
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Received: 2020-9-12 / Accepted: 2020-9-21 / Published: 2020-10-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37906/isteamc.2020.6
Abstract The 2020 Covid-19 Virus introduced a new norm into everybody's lives. Among many changes, a significant one was that people were forced to stay inside their homes for days on end, putting many people at high risk for developing mental disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and stress. This paper will specifically focus on depression and combine various sources to analyze how quarantine can lead to depression. This research shows that insufficient sunlight, stressful environments, and lack of human contact are major factors. Furthermore, older adults suffer more due to their low social media usage. This study concludes on how we can prevent this in future pandemics, proposing an app for older adults to use that is simplistic in its design to encourage users of all ages while filtering out stressful news that might cause panic.
Research Areas: Health & Medicine, Psychology
Keywords: Isolation, Quarantine, Major Depressive Disorder, Situational Depression
