The National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, has shown that mental health is more likely to deteriorate for people living in densely populated urban areas or areas with a high degree of poverty amid the epidemic of new coronavirus infections. A research group led by Ryo Okubo, director of the Medical Center, and Satoshi Ikezawa, a specially appointed associate professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, has identified this.
According to the National Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, the research group includes Professor Tomoki Nakaya, Associate Professor Tomoya Hanibuchi, and Deputy Director Takahiro Tabuchi of the Osaka International Cancer Research Center, all over the country. We conducted a large-scale Internet survey in which about 2 people from prefectures participated.
As a result, it was found that the rate of mental health deterioration is higher for people who live in densely populated urban areas or in areas with a higher degree of poverty.This tendency was especially strong in the proportion of people with suicidal ideation.This is the first report in the world.
The research group said that the reason for this tendency is that residents in densely populated urban areas have small living spaces and many people prefer an individualistic lifestyle, so they spend more time at home. I suspect it has become.On the other hand, it is speculated that areas with a high degree of poverty may be vulnerable to environmental changes due to poor interaction with medical health facilities that work well for mental health and local people.
