The pandemic, the confinement, are generating changes that go from the micro, which occurs in homes, to the macro at the country level and the global order. Changes that came almost without warning and without giving us time to prepare.
We have had to: reorganize individually; familiarly, well in some cases and not so well in others; isolate ourselves socially; change our labor system; In many cases we reinvent ourselves to at least satisfy basic needs; adopt new routines; assist unemployment and decrease in income; and inevitably have the uncertainty of what will happen next.
This crisis, which has revealed social inequalities, lack of civility and exacerbated personal vulnerabilities, is already hitting hard and will hit even more the comfortable foundations on which we were based, seriously impacting mental health. Alterations in mental health that are reflected in relationship problems, difficulties to adapt, anxiety, stress, depression, violence, excessive alcohol consumption, addictions, among other alterations. People who have been emotionally overwhelmed and require intervention; Others who already had treatment for anxiety, depression or another disorder have had to intensify it; and those who have already recovered are relapsing.
With the quarantine lifted, the scenario is uncertain, but what is clear is that things will not be as before, they will change and it is very likely that drastically. Stress, anxiety will increase notably; mistrust and fear of contagion will be great; frustration, depression as well as insomnia will be relevant and there will even be cases of post-traumatic stress.
The United Nations recently published a report warning that a “massive crisis” in mental health is coming due to the pandemic, hence the need to prepare, to reinvent ourselves.
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