People advised to be aware of Long COVID’s effects on mental health

[webfact]

Facebook: Thira Woratanarat

 

A senior doctor at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University said, today (Friday), that the coronavirus should not be considered as being similar to the common cold or influenza, due to its potentially long-term effects on mental health.

 

In his Facebook post today, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thira Woratanarat of the Faculty of Medicine, cited a study, published in the British Medical Journal, by clinical epidemiologist Yuchen Xie and her research team, carried out on 153,848 recovered COVID-19 patients. They were compared with people who have not been infected, revealing the increased risk of the development of mental health disorders during the post-acute phase of COVID-19.

 

According to Dr. Thira, the study shows that those already infected with COVID-19 are at a 39% higher risk of developing depressive disorders. They also have a 35% higher risk of developing stress and adjustment disorders, an 80% greater risk of developing memory disorders and a 41% higher risk of experiencing sleep disorders.

 

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[ChaiyaTH]

The lockdown due to covid indeed causes long term mental health issues. Not covid itself.

[ChaiyaTH]

1 hour ago, ChaiyaTH said:

The lockdown due to covid indeed causes long term mental health issues. Not covid itself.

@Swimfanhttps://www.unicef.org/thailand/press-releases/covid-19-pandemic-continues-drive-poor-mental-health-among-children-and-young-people

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54616688

''A recent mental health assessment among adolescents in Thailand found that 28 per cent of adolescents experience high levels of stress, while 32 per cent are at risk of depression and 22 per cent are at risk of committing suicide, according to DMH’s Mental Health Check-in, an online mental health evaluation platform which collected data from 183,974 adolescents during the 18-month of COVID-19 pandemic from 1 January 2020 – 30 September 2021. ''

Edited February 18, 2022 by ChaiyaTH

[ChaiyaTH]

They should strip the guy from his title, he can't even put things in perspective. The risk of 0.00003% getting mental issues from having had covid VS a reality as described above. I could become a professor in TH too.

Edited February 18, 2022 by ChaiyaTH

[Willy Wombat]

The doctor should be hung and quartered.

 

More chance of mental and financial issues after the last two years

[jcmj]

It hasn’t even been long enough to see what happens and how people are affected. Now more may be distraught and depressed because of all the fears, lies and lockdowns forcing many to lose their income. Wake up Thailand. 

[Credo]

6 minutes ago, jcmj said:

It hasn’t even been long enough to see what happens and how people are affected. Now more may be distraught and depressed because of all the fears, lies and lockdowns forcing many to lose their income. Wake up Thailand. 

How long is long enough?  There has been plenty of time to look at Long Covid and it's effect on both physical and mental health.  I certainly know people who were infected very early on in the pandemic.   Prior to the vaccine, all of them had a rather long recovery once they were considered cured -- at least no longer infectious.   Weeks to months later they had extreme fatigue and brain fog.  To this day, I don't know a single person who experienced any of this long-term effect from the Flu or a cold.   

 

Of those people who were vaccinated and got infected, many have experienced long-term effects.   Most of them are not severely impacted, but they are impacted.   

 

[ChaiyaTH]

31 minutes ago, Credo said:

Of those people who were vaccinated and got infected, many have experienced long-term effects.   Most of them are not severely impacted, but they are impacted.   

 

Meanwhile the mental issues, suicides, financial problems, hunger in poor countries, coming financial problems are 1000X the size of problems. Not to mentioned delayed healthcare, which will start to show later this year in publications. Many will die earlier with cancer too, due to late diagnosis, and so the list goes on and on and on.

How many of these people do you actually know? And how many of them are old already and not in perfect health? I know dozens of people who had covid, with and without vaccine, and not a single person who had long term issues after. Neither do my friends or network.

 

I do however know dozens of people with mental issues due to the lockdown, aside of financially struggling, and being back in time for 10 years as well indebted for 10-20 years to come.

Edited February 18, 2022 by ChaiyaTH

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A senior doctor at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University said, today (Friday), that the coronavirus should not be considered as being similar to the common cold or influenza, due to its potentially long-term effects on mental health.

I'm sure the thought of going bankrupt, losing your lifes work, not being able to maintain a stable family life, support your partner, children etc is having more effect on mental health than Covid itself.

People can handle sickness... but not poverty!!!

Edited February 18, 2022 by hotchilli

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

The risk of 0.00003% getting mental issues from having had covid VS a reality as described above.

Wonder of the risk of being married to a jealous , insecure Thai man is higher ?

Edited February 19, 2022 by RichardColeman

[phukettrader]

How about stopping scaring people by constantly telling them they are all going to die, locking them up, taking away their livelihoods and restricting their free speech all for something that is now no more than a common cold for most people. I think you will find their mental health will improve dramatically.

[ChaiyaTH]

3 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Wonder of the risk of being married to a jealous , insecure Thai man is higher ?

That's around 50% just as our risk to marry a keeper.

[vandeventer]

13 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I'm sure the thought of going bankrupt, losing your lifes work, not being able to maintain a stable family life, support your partner, children etc is having more effect on mental health than Covid itself.

People can handle sickness... but not poverty!!!

Your right on, they don't tell the people that the virus is Omicron and most should handle this with little effect.

 Yet when you go somewhere and people have covid there, they will quarantine you for 6 days. Too many people are being quarantined which = Sad Sick.

[Whale]

So thats why I keep pissing on the neighbours cat? 

[sanuk711]

Are reading the fear pills in the OP statement....... it then ends with a link for an insurance policy .....................nice................

[wombat]

1 hour ago, jcmj said:

It hasn’t even been long enough to see what happens and how people are affected. Now more may be distraught and depressed because of all the fears, lies and lockdowns forcing many to lose their income. Wake up Thailand. 

That would mean accepting responsibility...you just know that ain't gunna be happening 

[swm59nj]

With all the different medical opinions on what vaccine to get, how often, and how to get it.  I’m not surprised people are developing mental health issues. 

[raccos21]

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

the study shows that those already infected with COVID-19 are at a 39% higher risk of developing depressive disorders. They also have a 35% higher risk of developing stress and adjustment disorders, an 80% greater risk of developing memory disorders and a 41% higher risk of experiencing sleep disorders.

The long Covid mental effects isn’t from the virus itself but it is from the cures, as the policies and mandates that the lawmakers are making drive many people into unemployment and poverty.
They suffer from the symptoms mentioned above from the guilt after they lose their source of income to support their family and the debt threats from collection agencies.
We can all already see what's happening around the world. 
I guess the symptoms will get worse especially when you travel on ‘Test and Go’ policy because when you need to come back to test on the fifth day, there's a 90% chance that you would test positive from mild or asymptomatic Omicron variant.

 

 

[TKDfella]

I think in a way all this was thought of on the forum Moons ago. Instead of TAT and the gov. spreading false hopes that tourism crowds were returning where people hung on, got more in debt. From there on their lives were slipping down hill. Covid may very infectious but living in situations where tourism workers don't know where the 'next penny is coming' opens them to all the other diseases that are prevalent in Thailand. TAT should have been 'shelved' and those in charge, helped to take of the tourism industry's dilemma by trying to develop alternatives. No, to much like hard work and much better to sit in their 'easy chairs' making up figures of how crowds of tourists are going to return. Of course there will be mental health issues in such circumstances.

[Stoker58]

  There is a mental health crisis, but it’s not caused by a harmless respiratory virus.

[jingjai9]

I do not see any mention of "the social media effect". Staying home for long periods of time being constantly bombarded with information can create cognitive dissonance, the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. I would think this would weigh in as a factor. I appreciate the posts on this site offering alternative explanations.

This is the last thing people who are recovering from Omicron want to hear. This professor may be totally sincere, but he seems to be one in the parade of Thais in the medical profession putting forth an edict concerning COVID and the pandemic on a daily basis. One study is cited as evidence for this mental health theory. However, have the results been peer reviewed?  How many in the scientific community agree with these findings? How many may agree, but call for further study?

[StayinThailand2much]

3 hours ago, jcmj said:

It hasn’t even been long enough to see what happens and how people are affected. Now more may be distraught and depressed because of all the fears, lies and lockdowns forcing many to lose their income. Wake up Thailand. 

What happens in Thailand doesn't matter to these 'experts'. They just copy everything from (international) online media. Most of what those 'experts' say, I remember reading on other websites days or weeks earlier. And here, he too, just cites a study published in the British Medical Journal.

Edited February 19, 2022 by StayinThailand2much

[RedRoadRunner]

7 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

The lockdown due to covid indeed causes long term mental health issues. Not covid itself.

<deleted>….. have you had COVID ? and recovered ?

 If you would you won’t write <deleted> like this !

 

[Troy Tempest]

I have had Covid for 14 days now!

 

Instead of spouting SH!!TE about symptoms, mental effects,etc., when you have not experienced Covid yourself!.....Ask someone who knows!.....

 

<deleted>!

 

PM me if you want to know what it really feels like! 

[stephenterry]

The fear factor again and again. 

[Troy Tempest]

3 minutes ago, stephenterry said:

The fear factor again and again. 

Have you had it yet????.....I promise you...You will get it!

 

My Girl Friend runs 2 beauty salons......More than half of her customers have already had Covid and many have admitted to her that they kept working in (Bars, Massage, Restaurants, etc.,) knowing full well that they had tested Positive.....Because they needed the money!

 

Edited February 19, 2022 by Troy Tempest

[Homburg]

Could the impact of "Long Covid" on mental health explain the insanity that has gripped world governments since the start of the PanPanic?

[stephenterry]

Just now, Troy Tempest said:

Have you had it yet????.....I promise you...You will get it!

 

I had it a long time ago - either the Alpha or Beta variant - and recovered well. Since then I could have picked up Delta and/or Omicron, neither of which caused any more than minor effects with no serious medical issues. As natural immunity is as good as vaxx boosters, I don't expect a recurring infection bout to trouble me. 

[Troy Tempest]

6 minutes ago, stephenterry said:

I had it a long time ago - either the Alpha or Beta variant - and recovered well. Since then I could have picked up Delta and/or Omicron, neither of which caused any more than minor effects with no serious medical issues. As natural immunity is as good as vaxx boosters, I don't expect a recurring infection bout to trouble me. 

And you don't think that Covid has affected your mental health???

 

I think you would do well to seek external advice Amigo! 

Edited February 19, 2022 by Troy Tempest

[StayinThailand2much]

9 minutes ago, stephenterry said:

I had it a long time ago - either the Alpha or Beta variant - and recovered well.

That's what I think, too. Had a strange heavy "cold" that I picked up from someone in July 2020 in Samut Prakarn. Back then official new daily cases were in their dozens, but can you trust the numbers?

 

In the meantime I had plenty opportunity to pick up Delta or Omicron, but nothing...

 

Anyhow, if there were any mental implications, it's that I got pretty good in making investments in financial markets.

Edited February 19, 2022 by StayinThailand2much