The number of people suffering from some form of mental illness has risen to regarding one billion, and what will increase these numbers at the current stage are repercussions Russian-Ukrainian war On International Economywhich came in the stage of recovery from the epidemic.
Reasons for high injuries
Says Yahya Abdel-Momen, a former expert with World Health OrganizationIn an interview with the website "Sky News Arabia"It’s in the first six months of deployment "COVID-19" No one had sufficient information on how to deal with the fierce virus, as this had a severe impact on people who were put under unusual psychological pressure, indicating that the closure decisions created a state of isolation and people became afraid of each other.
According to Abdel-Moamen, people’s isolation from their surroundings, their loss of their jobs, and the fear of meeting were very difficult for everyone, which is explained by the rise in the number of people with mental illness to regarding one billion.
He said that numbers of people were sitting in homes and seeing that thousands were dying and feeling that their turn might come, while the other part lost loved ones and was unable to say goodbye to them or even practice burial rituals in the common sense before the pandemic.
Abdel-Moamen believes that all of the aforementioned elements caused a major imbalance in the mental health of people, as the negative effects continued following the introduction of anti-vaccines, due to the campaign of skepticism and false information that was published regarding these vaccines.
crisis following crisis
He pointed out that the world, which was trying to get out of the Corona crisis, was stunned by the tragedy of the Russian-Ukrainian war and its reflection on the global economy, which was embodied in the rise in various commodity prices.
For her part, says the psychoanalyst and university professor, Randa Shalita, in an interview with Mawaqia "Sky News Arabia"The poor vision of fate was a decisive factor in the deterioration of the psychological situation of people, who became anxious regarding the day when they would fall ill and the consequences that might happen to them.
According to Shalita, the negative impact of the Corona virus on mental health contributed to the adoption by many countries of policies that encourage people to seek medical help, by paying the costs of psychological treatment for these people, stressing that it is very important to realize that depression and psychological anxiety are two conditions. Two different illnesses.
Shalita pointed out that depression can be treated through medication so that it does not lead to suicide, while psychological anxiety resulting from economic and living pressures, the patient cannot be treated with it only through medical support, but this person must be returned to his normal life, work and morals. Reassuring environment to shake
She added, and therefore the expectation that cases of psychological anxiety will continue to rise in the next stage, is due to poor economic vision, stagnation and unemployment resulting from the new situation in the world following the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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Although the world has entered a stage of skipping “COVID-19However, the moral burden that this left virus It was too big, according to the latest report to the World Health Organization Cases rose Depression AndPsychological anxiety25 percent in the first year to the epidemic.
The number of people suffering from some form of mental illness has risen to regarding one billion, and what will increase these numbers at the current stage are repercussions Russian-Ukrainian war On International Economywhich came in the stage of recovery from the epidemic.
Reasons for high injuries
Says Yahya Abdel-Momen, a former expert with World Health OrganizationIn an interview with “Sky News Arabia”, that in the first six months of the spread of “Covid-19”, no one had sufficient information on how to deal with the fierce virus, as this had a severe impact on people who were put under unusual psychological pressure, indicating that The closure decisions created a state of isolation and people became afraid of each other.
According to Abdel-Moamen, people’s isolation from their surroundings, their loss of their jobs, and the fear of meeting were very difficult for everyone, which is explained by the rise in the number of people with mental illness to regarding one billion.
He said that numbers of people were sitting in homes and seeing that thousands were dying and feeling that their turn might come, while the other part lost loved ones and was unable to say goodbye to them or even practice burial rituals in the common sense before the pandemic.
Abdel-Moamen believes that all of the aforementioned elements caused a major imbalance in the mental health of people, as the negative effects continued following the introduction of anti-vaccines, due to the campaign of skepticism and false information that was published regarding these vaccines.
crisis following crisis
He pointed out that the world, which was trying to get out of the Corona crisis, was stunned by the tragedy of the Russian-Ukrainian war and its reflection on the global economy, which was embodied in the rise in various commodity prices.
For her part, the psychoanalyst and university professor, Randa Shalita, said in an interview with “Sky News Arabia” that the poor vision of fate was a decisive factor in the deterioration of the psychological situation of people, who became concerned regarding the day she would get sick and the consequences that might happen to her.
According to Shalita, the negative impact of the Corona virus on mental health contributed to the adoption by many countries of policies that encourage people to seek medical help, by paying the costs of psychological treatment for these people, stressing that it is very important to realize that depression and psychological anxiety are two conditions. Two different illnesses.
Shalita pointed out that depression can be treated through medication so that it does not lead to suicide, while psychological anxiety resulting from economic and living pressures, the patient cannot be treated with it only through medical support, but this person must be returned to his normal life, work and morals. Reassuring environment to shake
She added, and therefore the expectation that cases of psychological anxiety will continue to rise in the next stage, is due to poor economic vision, stagnation and unemployment resulting from the new situation in the world following the Russian-Ukrainian war.
