2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Molecular medicine

Public health

Cell cycle

Psychiatry

Anxiety

Outbreak

Neurology

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Psychology

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Internal medicine

Mental health

Medicine

Pandemic

Disease

Cancer

Pathology

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global public health emergency resulting in unprecedented individual and societal fear and anxiety. The stress surrounding this biothreat appears to have clinical implications in all aspects of medicine, both in mental and physical health spheres. The impact of COVID-19 related anxiety in Cardiology, Paediatrics, Oncology, Dermatology, Neurology and Mental Health and how it affects treatments is discussed. Moreover, the need for introducing novel communication and therapeutic approaches is highlighted in the new landscape of the COVID-19 era.

COVID‑19 related stress exacerbates common physical and mental pathologies and affects treatment (Review)