Many children became afflicted with signs of anxiety and depression due to the Coruna virus, as this psychological effect was transmitted to children, according to the website CNN The first signs of anxiety and depression appear as mysterious symptoms: mild headache that does not go away, bouts of anger, the inability to focus in the study and other signs, and this anxiety and depression in children has a long-term effect that will take many years to appear.
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Dr. Edith Bracho Sanchez, primary care physician, director of telemedicine and associate professor of pediatrics at Irving University Medical Center at Columbia University in New York, cautioned against ignoring the symptoms of children’s anxiety due to the Corona epidemic, as overlooking mental health problems for children and adolescents will have devastating consequences For years to come.
A study published last year indicated in a journal JAMA Pediatrics About 1 in 7 children in the U.S. suffer from a psychological condition, and half of them are not treated.
She explained the high rates of mental health problems for children with the Corona epidemic, adding that all children were affected by Corona in one way or another.
“We currently have no way to predict the long-term effects of coronavirus on children, some children may emerge from by increasing psychological resilience to deal with crises, while other children may suffer from the type of long-term shock that impedes their development and keeps them excessively cautious in the future,” she added.
She pointed out that children spend hours searching for symptoms of corona infection, and they spend hours a day worrying about their injury, their family and friends, and these are among the first signs of anxiety and depression in addition to the symptoms that include headache, anger, and lack of focus.
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