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Wysłany: Pon Mar 11, 2024 06:04 Temat postu: Mental Health and Post-Traumatic Stress |
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The Mexican psychologist María Elena Medina-Mora, member of El Colegio Nacional, referred to the issue of Post-Traumatic Stress and recalled that, according to the Pan American Health Organization Report, 34% of disabling illnesses are related to mental illness. and there are 19% of premature deaths associated with this condition. “Post-traumatic stress is located within these anxiety disorders and is related to environmental factors of people who live, above all, in urban areas and in disadvantaged conditions. Another factor that we must consider is the increase in suicide.”
In the specialist's words, so far 24 developing countries, including Mexico, have sh Phone Number List own that the prevalence of post-traumatic stress is 2.7 in men and 5.4 in women, although it is not high, the days lived without mental health can be very prolonged. “The proportion of people who live traumatic experiences in Mexico is 70%, because they have a high rate of violence that ranges from accidents, unexpected deaths of family members, rape, abuse and cyberbullying, to natural events such as earthquakes. Of this total, only 2% were in treatment for post-traumatic stress.”
Medina-Mora explained that symptoms of acute stress and post-traumatic stress can arise between the first two days or four weeks after the event. “There may be symptoms of acute dissociation, that is, a distancing from physical and emotional experiences that can progress to a serious state, then to post-traumatic stress, and then to depression and anxiety disorders.” She stressed that it is natural to feel fear after a traumatic situation and this causes changes in the body to defend itself from danger.
"People who do not overcome post-traumatic stress can live up to five years or more with these disorders, when there is a prolongation there is a high probability of losses, that is, there is a 40% probability of school failure, a 30% probability of teenage pregnancy, and 150% unemployment.” Post-traumatic stress begins mainly in adolescence, he concluded. _________________ Phone Number List |
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