Millions of Anxiety Cases Due to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great damage in terms of health, as well as economic, political, education and many more around the world. Especially social and individual pandemic, which also has negative effects psychological and sociological as caused by damage also at a frightening level. As a matter of fact, many studies have been carried out in this direction, but no clear data has been provided in general.

Our lives, which have changed since the beginning of the pandemic, have changed psychologically in many different ways. triggering a health problem caused. In previous studies, it was determined that psychological problems such as panic attacks, distraction, social anxiety, insomnia and the like increased during the pandemic period. The study, carried out by a team of researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia, has increased over the past year. psychological problems it reveals.

76 million extra cases of anxiety detected

worldwide in 2020 cases of anxiety and depression increased alarmingly. Forecast compared to previous years during the pandemic process more than 76 million cases of anxiety and 53 million more cases of major depressive disorder than expected. In the latest research, it was determined that women and young people are more likely to be affected by mental health than men or the elderly. About two-thirds of cases of extra-major depressive disorder and extra-anxiety disorder 68% of exist among women. Young people were more affected by the condition than older people. Extra cases were also most common among people aged 20-24.

Western Europe and the Middle East come first in psychological disorders that have increased due to the pandemic. Worldwide, in 2020, 246 million cases of major depressive disorder And while it is estimated that there are 374 million cases of anxiety disorder, the fact that these numbers are much higher than expected scares people about the mental health of the world in the future.