According to a study published by the scientific journal The Lancet, cases of major depressive disorders and anxiety disorders increased by 28% and 26% respectively worldwide in 2020 due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
Scientists conducted a study onimpact of Covid19 on our mental health, which has just been published in the prestigious journal The Lancet. The population tested: people from 204 countries. The study, which details their age, gender and location, shows that major anxiety and depressive disorders have increased by more than a quarter worldwide. They also attest that women and young people are the groups whose mental health has been the most degraded. These results must, however, be qualified as the impacts of this crisis have varied from country to country. “The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated many existing differences and social determinants of mental illness“, explains Alize Ferrari, co-author of the study.
In France, these findings are confirmed by the CoviPrev survey, available on the Santé Publique France website. The results are final: from August 31 to September 7, 2021, 63% of French people said they had sleep problems in the last 8 days. 23% of them declared signs of an anxious state, which represents +10 points compared to the national level excluding the epidemic. Finally, 15% of French people reported signs of a depressive state when 10% said they had had suicidal thoughts during the year.
In the midst of the Covid pandemic, psychiatric sessions will soon be reimbursed?
To stem, among other things, this phenomenon, President Emmanuel Macron announced on September 28 that from 2022, sessions with a psychologist would be reimbursed at the scale of 40 euros for a first consultation then 30 euros for the following ones. However, this measure only concerns sessions capped at 40 euros and prescribed by an attending physician. In other words, if your session costs you 60 euros (the average price of a consultation), it will not be covered by Social Security. Also, their ceiling will be on the basis of the psychologists’ voluntary service and their reimbursement, not in full, will be divided between Social Security and the complementary health of the patient.