Indians are fighting the coronavirus more strongly than citizens of developed countries like America and Britain. There have been cases of mental distress in India during the lockdown, but it is less than one-third of that of other countries. At the same time, who are also having problems like mental stress, depression, restlessness, insomnia, most of them are those who have been fighting such problems for a long time.
According to a survey by the Indian Psychiatry Society, the number of patients experiencing psychiatry in India has increased by about 15 to 20 percent. This increase appears in the first week of lockdown. Senior psychologist Shuchita Dua of Moms Belief, an organization that takes care of children with special needs and psychiatrists, says India's biggest strength is family support. Small families also have connections with each other. Despite social distancing, our culture of spending time among friends, close and relatives gives us mental strength. However, she said that people in India are also worried about the crisis of employment, business, earning, and food.
In Britain 80 per cent of youth are mentally disturbed since Corona. The survey of Young minds from March 20 to 25 was conducted on 2111 youth under 25 years of age. In this, 83 percent said that they are seeing the future in the dark due to the epidemic. 32 percent said everything was destroyed. At the same time, 51 percent said that the time to come would be worse. Phone-video calls have flooded the NHS, school-university counselors, charity organizations, helplines and private psychiatrists. People are consulting doctors.
Know what the symptoms are
Fear, anxiety, restlessness, nervousness, lack of sleep, lack of concentration, overeating under stress, feeling irritable for everything, feeling guilty of antisocial behavior, bathing every day.