How to take care of mental health with the normalization of epidemic prevention and control
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On May 15th, the State Council ’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference to discuss how students should make psychological adjustments in the normal epidemic prevention and control stage, how the public can adjust their mentality in the face of negative information, and how to rationally understand the spread of the epidemic and avoid Panic and other psychological problems answered media questions.
Students give more time to adjust their mental state after class resumption
At present, there are orderly resumption of classes in various places, and some students will have greater psychological pressure and even psychological problems. In this regard, Chen Xuefeng, deputy director of the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave suggestions. For the situation of not being able to adapt to the life of returning to school, she suggested giving more time to adjust. "Don't worry, don't expect your child to adapt quickly as soon as he enters the school. The adaptation to the new situation and new environment will take some time. Parents, teachers, and students should have this psychological preparation." Chen Xuefeng said, the school should prevent Control measures are publicized in order to reduce the concerns of parents and students.
For students who are anxious about going to school or getting a job, Chen Xuefeng suggested that they should take active actions to find and create opportunities. "If you suffer setbacks during the job search process, or if the planned job position is unsatisfactory, you may feel frustrated, helpless, and even self-denial and give up your efforts. If parents and children have different opinions in the process of further education and employment, often It will also bring more psychological pressure to each other. "For this situation, Chen Xuefeng believes that" the most important decompression measure is to take active action to solve objective pressure. At the same time, the most effective psychological support is between parents and children. Support each other".
Chen Xuefeng added that there are often a certain percentage of people in the crowd, and even if there is no epidemic, there may be psychological problems. The pressure to adapt during the re-entry process is only an incentive. In this regard, parents, teachers and children find out the cause of the problem and intervene and adjust it as soon as possible.
"Some children will show physical discomfort if they are under a lot of psychological pressure. This is the physicalization of psychological problems. Parents and schools should pay close attention to and intervene in time." Chen Xuefeng believes that when necessary, he should call for mental health services Professional institutions, social institutions, medical institutions, "In short, we must intervene and solve problems in a timely manner, and try to avoid extreme incidents."
Excessive attention to negative information is a pathological manifestation
On May 13, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, issued a briefing on the new coronary pneumonia epidemic and mental health. He once again emphasized that the world should pay attention to the psychological problems caused by the epidemic. In fact, during the epidemic, some people did have depression and anxiety because they paid too much attention to negative information. In response to such situations, Shi Chuan, director of the Clinical Psychological Assessment Center of Peking University Sixth Hospital, said that paying attention to the epidemic information is a natural response, which is helpful for people to maintain certain vigilance and strengthen their own protection, but selectively pay attention to negative information. In particular, excessive attention to negative information is a pathological manifestation.
"Everyone should have a basic ability to screen information, continuously improve their scientific literacy, choose official reports and some authoritative experts to explain the disease, and do not listen to biases, not to spread rumors." Ishikawa suggested, Do not look at the epidemic-related information for more than half an hour every day. Learn to shift your attention and focus your time on constructive activities, such as work, study, and recreational activities.
Adjust mentality to accept normalization of prevention and control
After epidemic prevention and control have entered normalization, how should ordinary people make psychological adjustments? Chen Xuefeng also gave relevant suggestions. "First of all, we must adjust our mentality, we must truly accept the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, and really change some necessary behaviors and lifestyles. For example, wearing masks scientifically, maintaining social distance, reducing unnecessary gathering activities, and indoor ventilation , Wash hands frequently, use public chopsticks, etc. This is not only a behavior change that everyone needs to make in the prevention and control of the epidemic, but in the long run, it is also a behavior change that needs to be made to improve everyone's health literacy. "
She also suggested that everyone continue to pay attention to the new epidemic prevention and control policies to avoid paralysis or loose thinking. At the same time, if there is an epidemic or a cluster of infections around him, Chen Xuefeng advises everyone to "don't panic too much. Excessive panic will affect immunity and may cause irrational behavior." She said: "After the previous stage of epidemic prevention and control, China has accumulated relevant experience. If you encounter an epidemic situation or a cluster of infections, everyone must have a rational understanding and follow the requirements of national and local prevention and control measures. , Actively cooperate, timely adjust their psychological conditions, and respond scientifically. "
(Reporter Beijing May 15th, reporter Zhan Yuan)