The Corona Crisis: What Can We Learn from Earlier Studies in Applied Psychology?

A pandemic spread of COVID-19 can be observed almost everywhere in the world. The respiratory disease caused by an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, while in most cases showing a mild course of disease, can also cause severe symptoms, and an increased mortality risk especially among older persons and those with pre-existing health conditions. While writing this editorial in our home-offices in Belgium, Germany, and Japan, already more than...