**8. Mental disorder and COVID-19**

Mental disorders are the conditions that affect your thinking, feeling, mood and behavior. They may be occasional or long lasting. They can affect our ability to relate to others and function each day.

There is no single cause of mental disorder, factors causing it in case of COVID-19 are:

1.having few friends and feeling lonely.

2.having a serious medical condition.


Some common type of disorders being faced during COVID-19 pandemic:

