A.G. ZHILYAEV¹, A.U. KARIMOV^2, 3

 ¹Academy of Medical and Technical Sciences, Moscow

²Republic Clinical Hospital, Kazan

³Kazan State Medical Academy — branch of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Postgraduate Education, Kazan

 Contact details:

Karimov A.U. — PhD (medicine), psychotherapist, Assistant Lecturer of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy

Address: 138 Orenburgsky trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420064, tel.: +7 (843) 273-08-02, e-mail: ydalis@yandex.ru

The article analyzes the mental state of 168 patients with the new coronavirus infection. The features of mental disorders depending on the severity of the disease, the impact on the mental health of the population and psychological adaptation of both the disease itself and the informational stressful impact associated with the new pandemic are described.

Key words: new coronavirus infection, pandemic, mental state, mental health, anxiety, information stress.

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