TY - JOUR AU - Gautam, Kamal AU - Adhikari, Ramesh P. AU - Gupta, Aman Sen AU - Shrestha, Rajan Kumar AU - Koirala, Pitambar AU - Koirala, Suraj PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/09 TI - Self-reported psychological distress during the COVID-19 outbreak in Nepal: findings from an online survey JO - BMC Psychology SP - 127 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - A lower respiratory tract infection caused by novel coronavirus termed as Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) was first identified in China and subsequently took the form of pandemic. Studies on disease outbreak in the past and recent COVID-19 outbreak have demonstrated increased psychological distress and adverse impacts on mental health and psychological wellbeing of people. However, the impact of COVID-19 on psychological wellbeing of people in Nepal hasn't been studied adequately. So, this paper aims to report the findings from a social media survey on psychological impacts of COVID-19 in Nepal. SN - 2050-7283 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-020-00497-z DO - 10.1186/s40359-020-00497-z ID - Gautam2020 ER -