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What psychological disorder do people develop during the mandatory…
What psychological disorder do people develop during the mandatory quarantine in 2020?
Introduction
MINSA
Mental disorders increased in Lima during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting 11.8% of the ten million inhabitants of the Peruvian capital
Study of the National Institute of Mental Health
Revealed that these cases increased by two to three times compared to periods without a pandemic.
The INSM carried out the study
to identify the magnitude of the main mental problems and those related to well-being and behaviors in the adult population.
Anxiety and Depression
Elizabeth Rivera, director of the Vícor Larco Herrera psychiatric hospital: "There was an increase in anxiety disorders and depressive disorders."
Factors involved
Quality of sleep and stress, among other aspects.
increase in cases of depressive episodes:
, which in 2012 occurred in 1.7% of men and 3.9% of women,
but in October 2020 they rose to 5.3% in men and 9.5% in women.
Anxiety in adults:
in 2012 it reached 1.7% of men and 2.1% of women,
while last year it rose to 5% in men and 8.3% in women.
Other manifestations
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 450 million people in the world experience mental or neurological problems.
The specialist said that people infected by COVID-19 show a higher prevalence of these problems.
Other disorders: abuse or dependence on alcoholic substances, increased abuse
Members: Córdova Gianella; Montenegro Jennifer Belén; Vega Natali