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Given that anxiety and stress related disorders seem to be the main mental health result, I think that this boils down to, "Scary and stressful pandemic is scar
by btilly 6y ago
Given that anxiety and stress related disorders seem to be the main mental health result, I think that this boils down to, "Scary and stressful pandemic is scary and stressful."
- asdfman123 6y agoStressful events trigger all kinds of mental illness. Who wouldn't be traumatized after spending weeks in quarantine, or worse, in a hospital without any visitors -- with your life in the hands of strangers that are separated from by a layer of plastic at all times.
- corobo 6y agothrow in a sprinkle of getting checked out medically normalises being checked out medically so you're more likely to go back for other things I reckon. It wasn't till I needed to go to the hospital for a physical injury (plus the times popping back for physio) that I started going to the GP for mental issues too
- p_j_w 6y agoNow explain dementia.
- btilly 6y agoPeople who have COVID-19 have health problems and get screened for all sorts of things. Dementia that had been there all along are therefore is more likely to get diagnosed.