Internationally, the signs with the Covid 19 pandemic are currently stormy. According to a Canadian review of 53 studies, the incidence of serious eating disorders has increased by almost half during the pandemic.
According to a Canadian review of 53 studies, the frequency of serious eating disorders has increased by almost half during the pandemic, German experts now warn.
It was only gradually the effects of the pandemic on mental health became clear, according to a broadcast on the occasion of the Congress of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in Berlin: “Already consistent and proven in various studies and investigations, it is clear that young people and young people were mentally more stressed than the elderly, and women more than men – for example, hospital admissions for eating disorders rose by 48 percent during the Corona period.
“The pooled information on hospital admissions across all studies showed a 48 percent increase during the pandemic compared to pre-Covid-19 at different time points,” the researchers wrote. Anorexia nervosa is 80 percent curable. But there is also an annual death rate of 0.5 percent.
Lockdowns as a burden
In short, stressful events such as fear of infection and death, financial worries, social isolation and over-demands, e.g. due to parallel work and childcare during school closures, evoke psychological reactions – this is normal at first and not a sign of a mental disorder. ”, says Stephan Herpertz, director of the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital Bochum.
It is relatively consistent across several studies and surveys that young people were more mentally stressed during the pandemic. “For example, more young people and more women than men felt lonely during the lockdowns,” said Hans-Christoph Friederich, medical director of the General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics Clinic at Heidelberg University Hospital.
The German experts found that the Canadian study showed an increase in anxiety and depression, as well as an exacerbation of existing eating disorders. Decisive in this regard was the loss of daily structure, decline in social relationships and the often compensating increase in the use of digital media.
Source: Krone
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