Medical experts have raised alarm over what appears to be an increase in the mental health issues being created by Covid-19 on the population.
Consultant Psychiatrist Dr. Winston De La Haye and Consultant Neurologist Dr. Michele Lee have shared first-hand observations about the effects.
This followed a study published by the Journal Lancet Psychiatry, that as many as one in three people infected with Covid-19 have longer term mental health or neurological symptoms.
Dr De La Haye says aspects of the study match what local experts have been seeing in Jamaica since last year.
He says while more time is needed to see the precise effects on the brain, he has been seeing sleeping disorders and other other conditions.
“(These) Include insomnia, anxiety and of course a number of care of depression and post traumatic stress disorder,” he said.
Meanwhile Consultant Neurologist and Headache Specialist Dr. Michele Lee, also warns of the emergence of more incidents of strokes among younger persons since Covid-19.
“The number one modifiable risk factor for stroke is age, the older you are, the most likely you are to get a stroke. But COVID has changed the landscape in strokes, now young people are getting strokes, young people with no risk factors at all. These are persons who didn’t even know that they had COVID.....very often this is the reason they had a stroke....” She said.
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