Linking Covid-19, Economic Inequality, and Pervasive Mental Health

Context and background: This article explores a global phenomenon of the persistent economic inequality during COVID-19 pandemic on the growing mental problems. Main problems: How this pandemic perpetuated stress and other mental health symptoms among global population has not been addressed. The job loss and unemployment are pervasive threat among people, who are poor. People living in economically disadvantaged condition suffer from mental illness as they cannot cope with financial uncertainties. Methods: This stress comes from real and imagined financial insecurity, such as unemployment or insufficient money to cover expenses. Due to lockdowns and firm suspensions, lower-ranked, lower-paying, and lower-skilled workers were at risk of having their workload decreased, losing money, and losing their jobs. Findings: From this study, it is evinced that COVID-19’s economic effects may lead to suicides per year due to increasing unemployment. Depression was positively correlated with a decline in work burden during COVID-19 lockdowns in the most vulnerable socioeconomic categories.