Title:
THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC: A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH

Authors:
Abdelkader Azdad and Moulay Sadik Maliki, Morocco

Abstract:

No one in this world would have expected such an unprecedented pandemic, which swept the five continents of the globe at a lightning speed, with unparalleled dramatization and contradictory view points and interpretations. The belief was that the coming of the twenty-first century signaled the dawn of a new era for the world thanks to its significant scientific and technical progress and that its immunity against epidemics was, therefore, taken for granted. However, all that proved to be untrue and the illusion of the universe and nature being under control was soon shattered. Governments re-imposed confinement, lock down and emergency states as a primitive way to confront an invisible enemy called the New Corona Virus. The present study seeks to lay bare the psychological impact of this new reality, in all its various manifestations, on individuals, families and society. In other words, it tries to examine the way(s) the Covid 19 pandemic has impacted the psychology of individuals, families and society alike.