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World Mental Health Day is Monday, October 10, 2022. This is an opportunity to assess our mental health, especially in light of the mental health crisis exacerbated by his COVID-19 pandemic.
“People around the world are affected by the mental health crisis,” Said Dr. Rebecca Brendel, president of the American Psychiatric Association. Based in Boston, she is an attorney, physician, and director of the Master of Bioethics program at the Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School.
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“OhThis World Mental Health Day is a great time to check in on your own mental health and learn that it’s okay to seek support and help if you’re struggling.,” she told Fox News Digital.
“We need to encourage others in our lives to do the same,” she added.
What is mental health?
“Mental health may best be thought of as an alliance of the emotional, cognitive, physical, mental and political states informed by Orthodoxy to empower human existence and well-being.” said Dr. Christopher L. Edwards, a former associate professor of medicine. He studied psychiatry at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Before the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said about 1 in 8 people in the world had a mental disorder.
But COVID-19 has exacerbated the mental health crisis.
Anxiety and depression disorders increased by more than 25% in the first year of the pandemic, according to WHO, and COVID-19 made access to mental health services difficult.
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Yet other global conflicts, including the ongoing war, violence, public health emergency, and ongoing social and economic disparities in Ukraine, have exacerbated the crisis, leaving a “staggering 84 million people worldwide.” There are people [who] They will be deported in 2021,” according to a recent WHO press release.
“Our health system is struggling to help people in crisis and families in distress.”
“American mental health has been severely stressed by the pandemic, social unrest, and economic challenges of the past few years,” Seattle.
“With rising rates of suicide and drug overdoses, sometimes called ‘deaths of despair’, our health care system is not only for families suffering from brain and mental disorders, but also for those at risk. I’ve been struggling to help people who have been struggling for a long time,” he said.
How the pandemic caused change
Experts say the pandemic has led to more conversations about people’s mental health struggles, sparking positive change to improve the mental health crisis.
“There is a silver lining. The pandemic has made many of us feel more comfortable talking about the fact that mental health is an important part of all health,” Unützer told Fox News Digital. Told.
Dr Edwards said people around the world seem to be willing to discuss and acknowledge stigmatized disorders such as depression and anxiety.
Depression and anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health disorders for both men and women, and can affect their ability to work effectively, according to a WHO report.
More than 280 million people worldwide have depression.
Specifically, according to a 2021 WHO press release, more than 280 million people worldwide have depression.
But the pandemic has highlighted the “disproportionate burden” of the current mental health crisis not only among people of color, but also among those without economic advantage or political clout, Edwards told Fox News. I told Digital.
Tips and help for managing stress
“A lot of stress has to do with how we relate to others,” says Ellie G., an addiction and forensic psychiatrist at Columbia University in New York City and a member of the American Psychiatric Association’s Board of Trustees. Dr Aoun said.
People should avoid getting involved in stressful situations as much as possible to help themselves.
“for example, you feel overheated at workrefrain from having difficult conversations,” he pointed out, if you think it could be more stressful.
Depressed people may lose interest in activities they normally enjoy, such as running or working out.
“For example, someone who likes to run may not want to run when they are depressed,” Aoun told Fox News Digital.
If this happens, try running one block first, then two blocks. This could slowly reverse the effects of depression on behavior, he explained.
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He also encourages an assessment of the stressors in our lives. “Stressors can be put aside temporarily,” he noted.
He proposed a psychotherapeutic intervention called behavioral activation, which involves making a list of activities you don’t want to do when you’re depressed.
“First in the order [those activities] Try the ones you are most likely to do and the least likely to do, then the easiest ones, and then work on the most difficult ones.
How can this situation be improved?
Edwards will lead efforts to increase access to qualified mental health professionals and “remove the stigma of mental illness, as we have done with cancer, HIV and many other currently accepted ailments.” He said that this will improve the mental health of our country.
We now have a dedicated number you can call in the event of a mental health emergency in the United States.
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“The federal government is committed to rolling out a new crisis response system across the country, starting with the new number 988 to call people and loved ones across the country when they face a mental health crisis or emergency. We can,” added Unützer.
“But we have a long way to go to build a system of care that can address all behavioral health needs of Americans,” Unützer told Fox News Digital.
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“With investment, the mental health of the country could be better than it was before COVID-19,” Edwards added.