Dr. Kalil: Young people are the group most affected by mental illnesses; understand
One billion people in the world currently suffer from some mental disorder, double the number recorded in the 1990s. The data, published in the scientific journal The Lancet through the study "Global Burden of Disease", reveals a mental health crisis, with profound impacts on mortality and morbidity on a global scale.
In Brazil, the situation is also alarming. A study carried out among young Brazilians showed that one in three young people suffers from mental disorders, reinforcing the scenario described by experts heard on CNN Sinais Vitais this Saturday (4), at 7:30 pm.
Young people between 15 and 19 years old are the most affected
One of the most impactful discoveries pointed out by psychiatrist Camila Magalhães Silveira, from Hospital Sírio Libanês, is the shift in the profile of people who suffer most from mental disorders. "For the first time, it is no longer middle-aged people who are suffering from mental disorders. It is younger people," said Camila.
According to the psychiatrist, the peak of mental suffering is concentrated in the age group of 15 to 19 years - a reality considered worrying by experts.
Camila also highlighted a gender difference in this scenario: girls and women are proportionally more affected than boys and men. Furthermore, what in the 1990s ranked 12th in terms of the burden of mental illness today represents the leading cause of disability in the world.
The causes are multiple and complex
For the psychiatrist at Hospital Sírio Libanês, the challenges of contemporary mental health cannot be attributed to a single factor. "We are thinking about mental disorders today in a multicausal and much more complex aspect than we thought in the 90s", he explained.
Among the elements mentioned are climate insecurity, food insecurity, social inequality, transformations in the job market and hyperconnectivity promoted by social networks.
The expert highlighted that, unlike in the past, when the response to the mental health crisis was limited to expanding care services, today it is necessary to consider the broader context in which individuals are inserted.
"We have to think about this scenario of the subjects in these families, in this context, in this current world going through a series of transformations", concluded Camila Magalhães.
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Source: CNN