Today, we are in a period of psychological shock in the field of mental health, with increasing epidemics and natural disasters.
As a result of COVID-19 and its derivatives, which are at the top of these epidemics and are still being fought against due to the epidemic. The traces it left on daily life brought about an important period in which psychological wear and tear increased. Being out of the ordinary and taking place in an uncertain process; this situation increased the anxiety level on people.
The epidemic brought with it some restrictions. While these restrictions increase the time spent at home; It caused a decrease in social, individually enjoyable, motivation-oriented activities and an increase in stress and communication problems. As a result of this psychological wear and tear, people who wanted to get treatment and improve the process were exposed to this situation, which was seen as multiple alternatives. In addition to the increase in the number of antidepressants used consciously after consultation with an expert, the unconscious use of antidepressants has also increased. Unconscious use of antidepressants is the use of antidepressants indiscriminately without the opinion of an expert. These antidepressant groups should not be used without expert knowledge, and antidepressants used without expert advice can have psychologically devastating effects. We should not forget that antidepressants are not a treat that our spouses or friends can offer us.
Disasters, epidemics, etc. in society. With the increase in situations such as; Situations such as the weakening of people's coping skills and the resulting intolerance lead to wear and tear in the nervous system. In this field, allocating time to areas where people can motivate themselves can reduce the negative effects of the process.
If the person has not fallen into a collapse that he cannot overcome, it would be beneficial to seek help from an expert.
Currently, the natural disasters that are happening one after another in our country. Disasters, along with loss of life and financial losses, have increased the negative consequences of this process. We can give examples of the negative situations that may occur on disaster victims as a result of these disasters:
-Entering the aging process with their losses
-Post-traumatic stress disorder
-Anger and impulse disorder
-Withdrawal in interpersonal relationships, isolating oneself from life
-Traumatic experience tendency to avoid confronting the story and deny it (the condition decreases afterward)
Accordingly, an expert support should be sought in cases where the above-mentioned conditions persist for six months and functionality in daily life is impaired.
One reason for this criterion is that people's psychological The state of endurance varies from person to person.
In other words, as a result of any traumatic event, the process by which people are affected and its effect continues may vary, for this reason, six months of persistence and impairment of functionality can be observed as a criterion here and expert support should be sought.
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