The world we live in now has nothing to do with the one we had just a few months ago. The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc in many areas of our lives: the disease has killed thousands of people; it has quarantined much of humanity; it has destroyed jobs; and it has built a thick...
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Confinement affects children’s mental health
Confinement is taking its toll on the health of children, especially the youngest. Children, like many adults, have been confined for a month and a half, an exceptional situation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that could last longer, until May, and that is affecting all key areas of early childhood neurodevelopment (up to 7...
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The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health
Right now it is impossible to know the real scope of the COVID-19 pandemic in the mental health of citizens. However, some previous studies suggest that the incidence of mental illness could be multiplied by two, reaching one in five people. These forecasts point to a possible avalanche of diagnoses of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress...