A single woman, Jaroslav, lost her job due to the coronavirus crisis. In addition, her fourteen-year-old daughter had worsening depression, self-harm, and personality disorder. “The daughter’s mental disorder has skyrocketed. As I got scared and disinfected everything, then she was in such a panic that she didn’t even want to go out herself anymore, “Jaroslava describes her daughter’s psychological deterioration. She was worried about what would happen to her when her mother became infected and went to the hospital.
Instead of going to school, she started child psychiatry in September, where she was treated for over a month. “She got a regimen that I was not able to maintain in those depressions. She found friends to whom she can tell that she is in such a poppy social situation, “says the mother.
According to the clinical psychologist from the Association of Clinical Psychologists of the Czech Republic Martina Pastuchová, it is necessary to maintain a healthy bond with someone close and to meet at least two or three people. “I experienced a girl in the ambulance who lost her regime and she fell into such a trap that she began to have thought disorders,” the psychologist explains.
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There are currently forty children at the psychiatric clinic in Motol. About a third of them suffer from anxiety, some with coronavirus. “They are especially worried about their parents when they work in healthcare. We see that they are afraid that they will not be able to go to school and that they will not be able to cope, ”explains Jakub Kerner, the chief physician of the children’s psychiatric clinic at the Motol hospital.
Attack on crisis lines
The increase in mental problems in children is also confirmed by the crisis lines, where the number of calls increased by one hundred and twenty percent. This is one of the reasons why there is a lot of material on how to discuss coronavirus with children. “Don’t be afraid to talk about the topic with the children. Not only when it comes directly to the family, talk openly about what the epidemic means. The children are frightened by what is falling on them, “describes Mahulena Exnerová, a pediatrician and head of the children’s ward of the Hořovice hospital.
According to the Ministry of Health, a network of crisis centers should also help. Now their system and financing are being set up. At the same time, the resort recommends turning to established lines.
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What people think about closed schools
According to an exclusive survey for Czech Television conducted by the STEM / MARK agency on Wednesday and Thursday, about half of the respondents agree with the closure of primary schools. There is a little over a third against it.
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