{"id":51448,"date":"2020-08-25T10:21:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T10:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hospitalarias.org\/en\/?p=51448"},"modified":"2020-08-25T10:21:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T10:21:13","slug":"coronavirus-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/coronavirus-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus and Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>coronavirus pandemic<\/strong> has brought about a resurgence of mental health disorders that we thought were atypical or unlikely. With <strong>half the world locked up and isolated in quarantine<\/strong>, habits and customs that we thought unlikely have been changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although isolation has been the best defense against the\ncoronavirus, it has also been harmful in other ways, and especially in matters\nof mental health. They have caused the appearance of syndromes, fears, phobias,\nmanias and loneliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one knows <strong>what will happen once the pandemic ends<\/strong>, but the truth is that, at least for now, the coronavirus has changed people&#8217;s lives in every way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Arbes\u00fa, member of the Committee for the National Mental Health Strategy of the Ministry of Health, has commented in an interview for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redaccionmedica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Redacci\u00f3n M\u00e9dica (se abre en una nueva pesta\u00f1a)\">Redacci\u00f3n M\u00e9dica<\/a> that &#8220;common and serious mental disorders can be duplicated after Covid-19&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter these pandemic situations that generate suffering at the social level, the data indicate that the problems of anxiety and depression can be multiplied by two, as well as the exacerbation of serious mental disorders, derived from stressful situations. And it is that the existing risk factors are many: social isolation, fear and uncertainty at work and economic level, with catastrophic projections for the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new confinement? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts have seen how obsessive behaviors, phobias or\ntemporary psychological disorders have affected the population to a greater or\nlesser extent, with or without previous symptoms, and they warn that a possible\nsecond confinement could reopen sequelae, which could be much more harmful to\nmental health than the first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Society has faced an <strong>emotional lack of control<\/strong> that has been alleviated with lack of refinement and holidays, a new air, a return to old routines and social encounters that allow us to feel vestiges of a pre-covid state. However, with the arrival of<strong> outbreaks<\/strong>, the return of <strong>restrictions<\/strong> and <strong>partial confinements<\/strong>, the alarms go off again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria Teresa \u00c1lvarez, Psychiatrist at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalarias.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sisters Hospitallers (se abre en una nueva pesta\u00f1a)\">Sisters Hospitallers<\/a> Center in Palencia, announces that &#8220;if there is a new confinement, it will help to know that there is an end.&#8221; The specialist believes that anger can be combined with previous fears, but &#8220;everything that has worked must be started again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hope and learn from what has been lived<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the data collected in recent months, 7 out of\n10 patients appreciate the situation and the way they have been able to live\nduring the confinement that began in March, accepting the circumstances and\nhandling them in the best possible way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spanish have gradually adapted to the circumstances and\nassure that now they could better apply what they have learned. We leave you a\nseries of tips to better deal with the new restrictions that appear with the new\noutbreaks that have occurred:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <strong>Organize your day<\/strong> so that you always know what you are going to do, to gain a sense of control. Always with flexibility, if you don&#8217;t have time to finish something, I&#8217;ll finish it tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Try to <strong>do things<\/strong> that until now could not be due to lack of time. Now that you have it, you have to enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. <strong>Keep in touch<\/strong> with the people around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Try to find a time to <strong>exercise<\/strong>, even if it is indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Make sure that staying informed is not the only <strong>motivation<\/strong> of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. If you have children, try to transmit calm and control to them, always <strong>telling the trut<\/strong>h if they ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In these moments of uncertainty in the face of situations\nthat may arise, we must not lose hope, and we must pray for all those people\nwho have suffered and are suffering the consequences of this pandemic. We must\nremain calm and act in the most responsible and safe way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. \u00c1lvarez, from Hermanas Hospitalarias, collects an\nimportant reflection on this situation: &#8220;in this time we have all\ndeveloped tools on a personal and collective level to face a situation that we\nhave already experienced&#8221; and that these tools are the ones that must be\nput into march &#8220;to carry this new stage in a more adaptive way.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a resurgence of mental health disorders that we thought were atypical or unlikely. 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