Young people are doing badly.
Week after week, the numbers keep getting worse.
According to the latest study to date, an Ipsos survey for the FondaMental Foundation, revealed Thursday, January 28 by
Le Parisien
, 40% of 18-24 year olds report a generalized anxiety disorder.
This is more than the proportion estimated so far, estimated at around 30%.
Three in 10 young people also admit to having already had suicidal thoughts or considered self-harm.
Data
"very worrying"
, for Étienne Mercier, director of the opinion and health pole at Ipsos, quoted by
Le Parisien
.
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Significant damage
Social life at a standstill, uncertainties related to the future, precariousness ... Two thirds of young people believe that the epidemic will have an impact on their mental health, according to this study.
The Odoxa-Backbone Consulting survey of January 19 detailed for
Le Figaro
the negative consequences of the coronavirus on the daily life of 15-30 year olds: 80% of them declared having suffered “
significant damage
” linked to the pandemic, deteriorating relationships with their friends (43%), their family (29%) and have their love life (23%).
Half of them have seen their purchasing power drop.
One in five young people say they have lost their home or experienced great difficulty in financing it.
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Faced with this distress, the government promised a "mental health check", the equivalent of two or three consultations with the shrink.
These checks, available from February 1, should "
allow all young people who need it to access much more easily and with care, to a professional - psychologist, psychiatrist - when they need it
", had explained the Head of State during an exchange with students from Paris-Saclay (Essonne).
The doubling of the number of psychologists at the university, already announced in December, should make it possible to arrive at a professional ... for 15,000 students.
