COVID-19 has far-reaching effects on young people's mental health

According to the survey, 20.8% of French youth aged 18-24 recorded a period of depression in the past 12 months; while about 57% of teenage girls in the US are often sad and frustrated.

A study by the French Public Health Agency published on February 14 has recorded a significant increase in the number of young people falling into a state of depression.

The main cause of this situation is believed to be the COVID-19 epidemic and the restrictive measures applied to prevent the epidemic.

According to the results of a periodical survey on mental health in France, conducted in 2021 - a year after the period of the strongest epidemic, 20.8% of young people aged 18-24 recorded had a time of falling into a state of depression in the past 12 months, much higher than the 11.7% recorded in the previous survey conducted in 2017. The rate of depression among young people was also nearly twice as high. all adults between the ages of 18-85.

Experts say that students and young people belong to the group that is deeply affected by the blockade, social distancing and restrictions applied to prevent epidemics. The uncertainty caused by the epidemic adds to the anxiety that is often present in young adults.

US health authorities on February 13 also sounded the alarm about a mental health crisis among high school students in the country, especially female students.

The report says that by 2021, nearly three-fifths (about 57 percent) of teenage girls in the United States are regularly sad or frustrated, twice the rate of men. This percentage is up nearly 60% since 2011 and is the highest recorded in the past decade.

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Meanwhile, a new study on the consequences of COVID-19 in the US shows that about 50% of adult patients months after discharge from the hospital still have symptoms of illness, financial difficulties and restrictions on physical activity.

A study conducted by the Department of Pulmonology at the American Institute of Heart, Lung, and Hematology for 825 COVID-19 patients in 44 hospitals across the United States, of which 75.4% of these patients had cardiopulmonary problems. in 6 months after discharge such as cough, fast or irregular heartbeat and shortness of breath. Meanwhile, more than 50% of patients have financial difficulties.

According to the head of the Department of Pulmonology at the American Institute of Heart, Lung, and Hematology, Mr. James P. Kiley, the results of this study will help devise programs to help Americans recover from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as ways for doctors to check the health of COVID-19 patients after treatment at the hospital. This result could help shape future clinical studies, he said.

*SOURCE: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/covid19-anh-huong-sau-rong-den-suc-khoe-tam-than-cua-gioi-tre/846073.vnp