Tag: mental.health
Belgium: More than half of students suffered anxiety or depression during coronavirus crisis
More than half of students suffered from anxiety and/or depression during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, with one in ten suffering so badly they were unable to take care of their own basic needs. More...
70% of patients hospitalised with coronavirus haven’t fully recovered five months later
The majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 did not fully recover five months after discharge and continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as ability to work, according to results released by the PHOSP-COVID study today. More...
Young people’s mental health deteriorated during the coronavirus pandemic
Swedish reports and surveys clearly show that young people’s mental health is negatively affected during the coronavirus pandemic.
WHO: The coronavirus pandemic has caused mass trauma on a larger scale than World War II
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused mass trauma on a larger scale than World War II, and the impact will last “for many years to come,” the World Health Organization’s top official said Friday. More...
Nearly 20% of Covid patients are later diagnosed with mental illness
Nearly one in five people who have had Covid-19 are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder such as anxiety, depression or insomnia within three months of testing positive for the virus, according to a study that suggests action is needed to mitigate the mental health toll of the pandemic
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/10/nearly-one-in-five-covid-patients-later-diagnosed-with-mental-illness-study More...