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Mental health: An invisible pandemic within a pandemic
May 07, 2021
Psychological issues hit children, students, workers, parents
“I have lost all my confidence. I don’t know whether I can take a class properly,” says a teacher, who has just recovered from Covid. Shaken, she has begun consulting a psychiatrist.
Fear, anxiety and stress are sharply on the rise as India battles a devastating second wave of Covid-19. Psychiatrists report a growing number of people have been seeking them out in the last two or three weeks. Even as the novel corona virus wreaks physical havoc, mental health issues are an invisible pandemic within the pandemic.
Updated Apr 12, 2021, 12:06 am IST
Unending COVID stories have replaced anxiety with dread and complete avoidance of the outside world. Experts say there’s a way out of this
Picture used for representation
You badly want to visit a mall or a multiplex, socialise with a bunch of friends or go back to your work station and be in the company of your colleagues. And yet, there is that dread of contracting the virus, making you wonder how you’d re-enter public life. If the scenario compels you to simply ‘avoid’ the outsides, you’re not alone.
Lockdown, COVID fatigue from either contracting the disease of from listening to the innumerable stories of death and suffering from the virus, etc. have all taken a toll on all of us in some way or the other. For many, the dread has overtaken stress and anxiety to the point of no return.
High levels of stress, weight gain among people trying to cope with COVID situation
Updated Mar 16, 2021, 8:23 am IST
Among those who suffered from Covid-19, it was found that 20 pc patients continued having depression even after 90 days of contracting virus
Mental health experts opine that the long-term impact will be seen from children to senior citizens. Representational image
Hyderabad: Weight gain, increase in stress levels and a feeling of helplessness are noticed among people trying to cope with the pandemic situation during the Covid times, mental health specialists say, quoting a nationwide study.
A high incidence of stress has been noted in some 50 to 75 per cent of the people. More than 5,000 individuals were included in the study. They said they were fed up with the present restrictions on public life and wanted to return at the earliest to the pre-Covid 19, normal times.