In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the type of outdoor activity for society become more limited. Many institutions applied work from home policy, and school from home for students. This limitation aim to suppress the spreading of COVID-19, which potentially spread through direct physical contact. Some area in Indonesia enacted Large Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB), for example DKI Jakarta.
According to the condition, Saturday, April 11, 2020, Prof. Dr. Faturochman, M.A as the Dean of Faculty of Psychology Gadjah Mada University became one of the speaker at dialog about PSBB in one of private television program. The dialog discussed about COVID-19 growth in Indonesia and how to suppress it. It is important for every element in government to educate people about COVID-19. In order to support the idea, public figure in society and religious leaders can play important role in order to apply PSBB effectively.
PSBB also have some side effects, such as limitation of social and physical movements in public. This condition could affect mental condition and cause psychological discomfort. According to the phenomenon, Prof. Kwartarini Wahyu Yuniarti, MMedSc., Ph.D. as The Third Vice Dean and Dr. Diana Setiyawati, M.HSc.Psy., Ph.D. as Chief in Center of Public Mental Health (CPMH) aslo became speakers on one of radio talkshow in Yogyakarta.
During the dialog, they have the opportunity to share their perspective about mental health and COVID-19. Besides, the listeners also able to interact with the speakers and discuss about the problem they faced during this pandemic. There are some highlighted problems from the listeners, those are economic problem, anxiety and feeling unproductive. They also curious about effective coping strategy to apply during this main time. We hope that public would be able to have broader perspective about mental health and know how to keep well during this pandemic.