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Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1542344
This article is part of the Research Topic Collection of Covid-19 Induced Biases in Medical Research View all 8 articles
Prolonged physical isolation, agonistic behaviour and human resilience in pandemic times
Provisionally accepted- 1 Department of Human, Philosophical and Educational Sciences, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
- 2 Stress Management and Therapy Clinic, Naples, Campania, Italy
With the purpose of enhancing a comprehensive approach to healthcare, public health initiatives have moved from managing the pandemic response towards an increased understanding of the sequalae, including but not limited to mental health issues triggered by societal limitations and precautionary measures. Long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lie in the health system capacity to promote a renewed sense of healthy communities, strengthen individual resilience and mitigate environmental stressors in future. Under these terms, the pandemic breakdown has been discussed in relation to the public health crisis and physical isolation resulting from the SARS-CoV-2 disease.
Keywords: Physical isolation, pandemic bias, Agonistic behaviour, Health, resilience
Received: 17 Dec 2024; Accepted: 04 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Marsico and Russo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Claudio Russo, Stress Management and Therapy Clinic, Naples, Campania, Italy
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