The consequences of ‘social distancing’ and lockdowns to contain the corona pandemic are now becoming increasingly apparent in the increase in mental health problems among young people. “What worries me is the many suicide attempts among young people,” warned child and adolescent psychiatrist Paulus Hochgatterer.
During a panel discussion as part of the “Long Night of the Churches”, Hochgatterer referred to his daily work at the University Hospital in Tulln. The lack of “resonance experiences” has led to destabilization, especially among children and young people, the “Kathpress” cites.
However, he is optimistic that the pandemic has not only led to an increase in depression, but also to a lot of involvement among young people.
Crises become the ‘new normal’
The political scientist Vedran Dzihic saw that the old “grand story” of progress and ascent was overwritten, today crisis experiences would be permanent and develop into a “new normal”. But he also pins his hopes on the young people who, despite all the threats, are “always starting over” and “getting up and going to work”.
The theologian and value researcher Regina Polak also identified a deep social insecurity, which manifests itself in partly diffuse fears – it is good and important to admit and admit “courage to fear”, according to Polak, but one must also focus on socio-politics and hope and pride in the results of the peace policy that would have made Europe great, she emphasized.
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