Symptoms of mental disorders, such as anxiety or depression, are diverse and can vary from one person to another. However, mental health experts cite some signs that may indicate a need for expert help.
This Saturday (10th), the World Suicide Prevention Day draws attention to mental health care. Headaches and body aches, lack of concentration, sleep disturbances and excessive irritability are some of the signs that a person is not well.
Researcher Joana Singer Vermes, from the Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo (USP), explains that psychological illness can present itself with different nuances.
“Everyone, at some point in their lives, will have major mental health issues. It could be an anxious or depressive condition, more complicated grief or senile dementia, for example,” she says.
Psychologist Maycon Rodrigo Torres, a member of the Laboratory of Psychoanalysis and Social Bonding and professor of psychology at Faculdade Maria Thereza (Famath), highlights that people should pay attention to the quality of social relationships. “It is necessary to observe how work, friendship and relationship ties are maintained and how healthy these ties are. It is important to understand how much the presence among other people becomes something that gives pleasure and well-being”, he says.
For the psychologist, isolation is a characteristic that must be carefully evaluated. According to him, it is possible to be isolated even in the face of meetings with family or friends. The specialist says that the psychological assessment considers the individual in his particularities in an analysis of what is common and what can be a sign of illness.
“We usually work, in a broader evaluation process, what is normal for each one, considering the way in which the person develops in order to evaluate the present moment. How satisfied she is with her life, how much she manages to have encounters that generate pleasure and well-being, how effectively she can recognize herself as part of a group or society”, explains Torres.
Signs that your mental health is not doing well
For psychologist Jaqueline Ferreira da Silva, from the Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado, in Rio de Janeiro, there is no precondition that can be applied to anyone. “What characterizes the search for a professional is the recognition of some suffering, some impasse in life, which can even be pointed out by those who live with it”, she said.
The psychologist warns that trying to solve the problem, based only on symptoms, can be a trap. “In psychoanalysis, we work from singularities. We do not make generalizations from symptomatic phenomena,” she said. Therefore, it is not recommended to search for a diagnosis through the insertion of keywords in search portals, a practice that is very common nowadays.
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Before the pandemic, about 193 million people had major depressive disorder and 298 million people had anxiety disorders in 2020. After adjusting for pandemic initial estimates show a jump to 246 million for major depressive disorder and 374 million for anxiety disorders.
The data are from a comprehensive report released by the World Health Organization (WHO), which points out that mental health has been one of the most neglected areas of public health in the world. Underappreciated and misunderstood, the field receives a tiny fraction of the attention and resources it needs, according to the WHO.
THE schizophrenia , which occurs in 24 million people and approximately 1 in 200 adults (aged 20 and over), is a major concern for mental health services in all countries. In its acute states, it is the most harmful of all health conditions.
O bipolar disorder, another major concern of mental health services worldwide, it affected 40 million people and approximately 1 in 150 adults worldwide in 2019. Both disorders primarily affect working-age populations.
Source: CNN Brasil
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