Covid: “Psychic discomfort on the rise even if pathological addiction improves” © largoweb.com
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VAST. “The pandemic has changed the way we work within our services and the relationship dynamics with our patients”.
The doctor is speaking Antonietta Fabrizio, responsible of Ser.D of Vasto, which gave us an overview of the Vasto on that weaker segment of the population.
Though Covid is a physical disease, therefore, they seem sprouting seeds that portend a serious mental health crisis which must be addressed properly, especially by those who are already fighting their pathological addictions.
Per better manage stressorsIn fact, some people resort to different “negative” solutions, including the use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, or take on “habits” which can, in fact, become pathological, such as gambling, doping, the internet and new technologies.
Both substance and behavioral addictions are crucial risk factors that determine public health and they become even more so in a particular situation such as that related to the emergency that we are experiencing.
The latter also provides for a period of major closures and forced stay at home which certainly does not help to cope with the discomfort., “rather they favor the onset of depressive states”.
And if on the drug addiction front there have been improvements due to the lack of availability of substances, “the problem that deserves attention right now is alcoholism, also because there are people who turn you away from drugs, since alcohol is readily available in supermarkets”.
It’s still: “As for the ludopaths, there are those who used to go to the slot rooms, whose closed doors have facilitated some improvement. On the other hand, there are many others that play online and these, unfortunately, cannot be blocked”, Explains the doctor.
But the activity of the center has not stopped, even if the care system was forced to adapt: “We are following patients in smart working e we also continue with the group work. We always try to contact them though those fundamental elements such as presence and contact are lacking, the emotional expression that is established with experts or among peers. The greatest fear, in addition to that for the virus, it is loneliness. Even if we can see improvements from the point of view of pathological addiction, in the psychic level there is the greatest discomfort, from which, to get out, you go in search of something that can increase dopamine, which does perceive in the individual a sensation of pleasure and fulfillment”.
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