Agan: Coronavius will have major effects on mental health

On the other hand, he said that Coronavirus will have major consequences for human mental health.

The system of pandemic is greatly affecting the mental health of the country's citizens in that many respects. Of course, consequences for citizens' mental health are expected in the period after the pandemic is completed”, Agani told Economy Online.

The “in the first place is due to the fact that state and citizens' efforts to find a middle path between the need to preserve people's lives and preserve economic activity to a greater extent are being reflected with consequences on the mental health level. The mental health of the country's citizens is paying the cost of these efforts. Citizens face high levels of uncertainty from the viral infection itself, but on the other side, to a high degree of economic uncertainty”.

Agan said that citizens have very little knowledge of the virus, even those who deny its existence.

There is little in the scientific issue, and the day is discovering new things and, of course, are far from the eyes and ears of the citizen. Citizens have very little knowledge of the virus, and there are even those who deny its existence by seeing how this virus in some people does not cause disease even if it is positive, while it kills others. The citizen information rate for Coronavirus is very low, and much more must be worked on in this direction.

He said citizens should not be intimidated by the virus, but should be careful and informed, EO reports.

“Coronavirus is causing tremendous fear because on the one hand there is fear of death and on the other, fear of a destructive virus, fear of the economic crisis. Citizens should not be intimidated by the virus, citizens should be careful about the virus. To be careful, they must be well informed. What it takes is a mass information of citizens on a higher scale than it is becoming”.

He also mentioned the effects on mental health from postwars that have left huge wounds on the population. Agan added that the rate of anxiety is extremely high after 20 years.

We are a society which, 20 years ago, has been under a severe struggle and a 10-year occupation. The effects on mental health from these very dark periods of our history are still vivid in the population. The research, which was conducted in 2000, found that 47.8% of citizens over the age of 15 had signs of emotional stress, while 41.6% signs of depression”.

This is the population, which is 20 years older, with more stress experienced and anxieties and is even more lasting. The anxiety rate is extremely high, and we are still in the confrontation of this” situation.

According to neuropsychiatrist Agani's isolation in mental health has caused aggressiveness and domestic violence, reports Online Economics.

“solation has had its effects on mental health in many ways. Cutting off family ties and cutting off the individual's social support has had obvious consequences, and in the first place, he has been unable to communicate free psychic energy. Ways of dismissing aggression that existed before isolation, such as physical activity, family visits”.

The spectre of aggression within the individual has increased greatly. An increase in domestic violence has also been one of its manifestations. That depends on individuals, families, the economic situation. This depends on whether these over 400 cases of death that have hit us in this period”.

According to Agan, citizens must find balance in order to maintain social distance and hand hygiene but also maintain family ties.

So citizens' dilemmas are great. The simplest answer would be to try to find balance. Don't break family ties to the end. However, family ties must be maintained”.

What's important is that these connections be carefully preserved by maintaining social distance and hand hygiene. masking should be kept where there are piles of people, and it's good to have added physical activity”.

Agan said the government has acted properly in undertaking measures to preserve human health.

He argued that health professionals are doing the impossible within their potential, so that autumn can find Kosovo as well prepared.

I think the Government is taking measures that all other states are taking. We may not be satisfied with the dynamics of implementing the measures, because we would like to see much more tests, with much better hospital supplies with drugs and greater care for health workers. But I think it's becoming the maximum within the potential we have and I hope that we have a speeding up of activities so that autumn can find us as prepared as we can be.

There are responsible citizens and there are those who are unaware of what's going on. The situation in the fall will be more complicated even in terms of diagnosis as well as treatment given limited health system capacities”.