Study claims: Risk of mental illness increases after recovering from Covid

The Dhaka Times Desk Apart from respiratory damage due to Covid, more damage is done to mental health, claims a Lancet study.

The number of mentally ill people in the world is not very small. Many people commit suicide every hour. According to the data of the World Health Organization before the Covid epidemic, mental fatigue is going to be the first in the list of diseases. The catalyst for this situation is Covid-19. Psychiatrists say mental health situation is going to be dire due to covid.

Apart from respiratory damage due to covid, mental health is more damaged than that. This is what a study done by the Lancet magazine claims. The Lancet expressed this opinion after looking at the reports of about 10 lakh 25 thousand patients. The study found that the risk of developing mental illness increased within 6 months of recovering from Covid. Most of the patients suffer from mental depression, the effect of which may last for more than two years, the researchers fear.

Many are suffering from neurological diseases including dementia. Loneliness, unemployment, financial uncertainty, due to fear of infection, family turmoil or social isolation, have started to consume more and more. Doctors fear that this problem will increase.

Recent studies have found that the brain cells and nervous system are affected by the Covid-19 virus. Sujit Sarkhel, a teacher at the Institute of Psychiatry, said, “Irrespective of age, mental effects like delirium (delusions, panic, delusions, etc.) also occur. So far it is healing. However, its long-term consequences are still unclear. Preparations are also under way to develop guidelines on asking specific questions in follow-up treatment to determine whether Covid is affecting memory or other larger areas.”

After realizing this situation, psychiatrists have suggested that these problems caused by the epidemic are not only temporary, but the whole generation is suffering from mental illness. Be it ordinary people or the founders of society in various fields - everyone has to go through mental stress. Still happening again. Experts say that the current generation, these problems created by the epidemic may affect the next generation as well. Source: Anandabazar Patrika.

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