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Author: Luka Račič
On 31th of December 2019, World Health Organisation was informed of many cases of an unknown cause in Wuhan City, China. Chinese authorities have on 7th of January 2020 identified the cause that was temporarily named 2019-nCoV.
The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest crisis of our time, claiming more than 2 million lives and causing the biggest shock to the global economy since World War II. It has unquestionably affected people across the whole globe. The disease itself or the stress, and fear have touched most people in one way or another.
The pandemic has had a very real and very personal impact on people’s lives. Whether an individual was sick, lost someone they loved to COVID-19, lost their job, or struggled with isolating at home. Each of us was affected differently.
Estimates from a recent study of Global Burden of Disease show that the pandemic has affected the mental health of young people the most and that they are disproportionately exposed to suicidal and self-injurious behavior. It also shows that women were more affected than men and that people with pre-existing physical health problems such as asthma, cancer and heart diseases are more likely to develop symptoms of mental disorders.
As of today, too many people are still unable to get the care and support they need for both pre-existing and emerging mental health conditions. Because they were unable to access direct care, many people sought online support, indicating the urgent need to provide reliable and efficient digital tools that are available and easily accessible.
Fear, worry, and stress are normal responses to perceived or real threats and moments when we face uncertainty or the unknown. It is therefore normal and understandable that people experience fear cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to the fear of contracting a virus in a pandemic like COVID-19, changes in our daily lives are important, as our movements were limited in support of efforts to contain and slow the spread of the virus. Faced with the new realities of working from home, temporary unemployment, schooling children at home and lack of physical contact with other family members, friends and co-workers, it is important to take care of our mental as well as our physical health.
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- https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_3
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-has-the-pandemic-changed-our-behavior
- https://www.who.int/news/item/02-03-2022-covid-19-pandemic-triggers-25-increase-in-prevalence-of-anxiety-and-depression-worldwide
- https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stress-coping/cope-with-stress/index.html
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