Mental, Emotional, and Behavioural Health Needs of Specific Populations following COVID-19 in India

Dr Rajesh Verma is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Feroz Gandhi Memorial Government College Adampur, Haryana. He is an Air veteran, academic gold medallist and completed his Doctorate from MD University Rohtak. His area of interest lies in indigenous psychology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, psychometrics, applied statistics organising academic events and content writing. He is tech-savvy, uploads psychology curriculum content-specific videos, and writes blogs regularly. He loves to interact with students.

Introduction. 1. “At What Point Should I Bring up My Asexuality?” Lived Experiences of Asexuals in the Post-Pandemic Era Deepti Aswal and Raosaheb Raut. 2. Psychological Impact of Institutional Quarantine on Border Security Force Personnel of India Pragya Sharma, Shefalika Sahai, Vikas Sharma, and Kiran Chaudhary. 3. Impact of COVID-19 and Social Distancing Measures on Married Women: A Qualitative Enquiry Shalini Mittal, Tushar Singh, Harleen Kaur, Rahul Varma, Sreeja Das, Yogesh Kumar Arya, Shivantika Sharad, Divya Bhanot, Udisha Merwal, Aishwarya Jaiswal, Benkat Krishna Bharti, Bhawna Tushir. 4. Resilience Amidst Adversity: Exploration of Undergraduate Students Post-COVID-19 Experiences in Kerala Soumya T Varghese, Vineetha K J. 5. Psychological After-Effects of COVID-19 among Women Survivours of Maharashtra Pradnya Nitin Kulkarni and Leena Shriprasad Bavadekar. 6. Browsing to Worrying in Post COVID-19 Era: Quantifying the Links between Internet Addiction, Cyberchondria, and Health Anxiety in Emerging Adults of North-East India Banani Basistha and Kangkan Bhuyan. 7. Unveiling the Experiences of Women Domestic Workers in India Amid and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review Swathy Sathyapal. 8. Neuro-divergence and COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis on the Experiences of a Mother of an Autistic Child Sonali Mukherjee and Swati Pathak. 9. Pandemic and Pride: Shame, Guilt and Self-Esteem in LGBTQIA+ and Heterosexual Individuals Dr A.A.S Azam, Rudra Vijhani, Dr Ketoki Mazumdar, and Dr Fouzia A. Shaikh. 10. Executive Summary: From Editor’s Pen [Keyboard] Rajesh Verma.