@article{3191391, title = "COVID-19 related stress exacerbates common physical and mental pathologies and affects treatment (Review)", author = "Tsamakis, Konstantinos and S. Triantafyllis, Andreas and Tsiptsios, and Dimitrios and Spartalis, Eleftherios and Mueller, Christoph and and Tsamakis, Charalampos and Chaidou, Sofia and A. Spandidos, Demetrios and and Fotis, Lampros and Economou, Marina and Rizos, Emmanouil", journal = "Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine", year = "2020", volume = "20", number = "1", pages = "159-162", publisher = "SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD", issn = "1792-0981, 1792-1015", doi = "10.3892/etm.2020.8671", keywords = "COVID-19; pandemic; physical and mental pathologies; stress; treatment; clinical implications", abstract = "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." }