The Pandemic and the Mind 

Mental Health is a serious issue over the last few months. Children, young adults to Senior Citizens and Persons with Disability have been facing tremendous anxiety and other forms of mental stress. The positive is that a large number of people are now open to talk about their issue and seek help. We need more conversations around this subject for people to feel safe and talk.

A recent study by a preventive healthcare company GOQii indicates that 43% of Indians are depressed and are learning to cope with it. Another 26% Indians are facing mild depression, 17% face a more strenuous kind. It is concerning to note that 6% Indians are severely depressed, the study indicated.

The study conducted across 10000+ Indians to understand how COVID has changed lifestyle and how Indians are adapting to the new normal. This is a comparative study and highlights the glaring difference in lifestyle habits pre-corona and post lockdown. As per the study, a large section of the population has little interest in doing things in the current scenario. There is a cause of concern with more than 59% of the population having little pleasure in doing things these days, out of which 38% have this feeling on a few days and 9% feel so more than half of the days. 12% of the population has little interest almost every day in these times.

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