British and American scientists declared the impact of coronavirus on mental health. The study was published in the scientific journal Lancet Psychiatry.
It is noted that every third of the silent COVID-19 suffers from a nervous or mental disorder six months after infection. The study was conducted at 236 thousand patients. Experts checked the presence of the consequences of 14 different nervous or mental disorders in the form of 14 different nervous or mental disorders after a person first identified infection.
It turned out that people who had overwhelmed COVID-19 were more likely to violation of cerebral activity than those who had fallen with flu or other respiratory diseases. The most common nervous or mental disorders were alarming disorder (in 17 percent of the percent) and affective disorder (14 percent). Scientists noted that for 13 percent patients, diagnoses associated with mental or nervous disorders were made for the first time.
previously became known that for the period of the pandemic, the number of Russians who applied for psychological or psychiatric help increased from 10 to 30 percent. In the Department of Labor and Social Protection of Moscow, they stressed that from March 1 to December 31, 2020, the phone was recorded by 28 percent of the calls more than a year ago. In addition, the demand for psychologists services has increased.