AHPGS(Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences)
06 February 2021 Saturday
Fear of pandemics occurs with these symptoms in children:
The coronavirus, which affects the world, is considered as a factor affecting the mental health of both adults and children. Speaking on the subject, Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Diseases Specialist Prof. Dr. Özden Şükran Üneri said that the pandemic can increase psychological changes and fears in children. Üneri also added that the feeling of fear that may arise in children due to pandemic, isolation and changes in their daily routines can trigger various anxieties in children and sometimes cause symptoms such as increased harmful behavior, pain of unknown origin, speech problems.
Speaking at the panel titled "Psychological Effects of the Corona Pandemic" organized by Istanbul Gelisim University online, Prof. Dr. Özden Şükran Üneri stated that the content of anxieties and fears can change during childhood and listed the mental symptoms that can be seen by age groups during the coronavirus pandemic. Drawing attention to the importance of observing children well, Üneri said, "In preschool children, symptoms such as excessive fear of strangers, sticking to parents or not being able to separate from them, sleep problems, anorexia, fears, bed-wetting may occur due to the anxiety of the period."
