Psychosocial

The psychosocial impacts of mobile phone addiction, beginning as early as adolescence, if not childhood, are already being seen by some in the scientific community as a pandemic-level threat. While challenging, implementing additional measures in schools is a positive step. Officials can also consider other ways to raise awareness and promote education on this issue. 

No matter whether it is an armed conflict, a natural disaster or an epidemic. It is normal for any extreme situation that is beyond our control to create a sense of helplessness and vulnerability.

A Turkish mental health association will bring together its members and world-renowned psychologists in online training to help repair the psychosocial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

On June 17, Canadian psychologist Paul Bloom gave online training on "The Pleasure of Suffering and the Search for Meaning," the Mental Health Association said in a statement.

A helpline that aims to help prevent and deal with violence within the family in the post-quarantine period is being jointly set up by the SOS Children's Villages social center and the City of Athens.

According to the center's director Giorgos Protopapas, "all this pressure that people are under will show in due course."

A helpline with experts providing psychological support to people struggling to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their daily lives started operating on Saturday.

After a Croatian war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder burned his own house down, experts warned that many ex-soldiers in the country still need psychosocial care.

About 60% of GPs are over 55 years of age and the average age of nurses and midwives is over 53 years.