Pandemics

Authored By: Asmundson, G. J. G. & Taylor, S.

Health anxiety occurs when someone interprets sensations or changes occurring in their body as a symptom of being ill. Health anxiety is experienced along a continuum ranging from low to high. People with high levels of health anxiety are generally convinced that they are ill and attempt to ease this fear...

Authored By: Asmundson, G. J. G. & Taylor, S.

As the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCOV, spreads across the world, so does the fear of contracting the virus⎯perhaps at an even faster rate.

The term “coronaphobia” illustrates the unhelpful ways that some people across the world have been responding to their fear of the coronavirus. These responses can feature...

Authored By: Taylor, S.

Pandemics occur when an infectious disease spreads across countries around the world. The aftermath of a pandemic can bring widespread loss of human life and considerable economic, social, and political disruption. Experts in viral diseases predict that a global viral outbreak is fast approaching and underscore the need for increased public health preparedness to lessen the...