Identify existing and forthcoming threats and opportunities in the face of coronavirus pandemic with an emphasis on mental health

The goal of this study was identifying of existing and future opportunities and threats in various dimensions in relation with mental health in the face of coronavirus; to be able to draw positive perspectives and threatening issues. This qualitative research was conducted based on the Delphi research method by holding several sessions and three stages of strategic analysis. To collect of the data, theoretical and research background review and researcher-made questionnaire were used to obtain the opinions of experts. The statistical sample consisted of 17 experts in the fields of psychology, sociology, educational sciences and law who were purposefully selected. The findings show that experts believe that the basic available and forthcoming opportunities in the face of the crisis of coronavirus pandemic can be classified in the education, economic, personal, social, family, medical and legal fields and threats of coronavirus is observed in the psychological, sociological, economic, familial and cultural domains And these areas have the ability to affect the mental health of individuals. The results of this study showed that at first, the peoples, various societies, organizations and governments should not only pay attention to the basic dangers of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, also perceive the current crisis can create opportunities in which both individuals and various organizations by making radical adaptations in a fundamental transformation, prepare themselves for life in the current turbulent world, and this will only be achieved if the current crisis be conceived as an opportunity; Not a mere threat