Alarm - phobic disorders in coronavirus infection

Pandemics are among the social catastrophes that provoke panic, acute stress and post-traumatic stress disorder, massive aggression, other disorders of the psychoemotional state and behavioral reactions of society. The strength of these reactions is associated with informational influence on a person during the period when archaic layers that cannot be rationalized are actualized in his psyche. Although the threat of a pandemic has not yet receded, the time has already come to analyze information strategies that reinforced or deactivated the feelings of uncertainty and vital threat that arose in society. The study examined mental disorders, psychological defenses and coping strategies that are relevant during a pandemic and similar disasters in terms of the impact on the psyche of society from a historical perspective.