Data from the Vigitel 2021 survey (conducted by the Ministry of Health) shows that 11.3 percent of respondents reported having received a medical diagnosis for the disease.
For men, the proportion was 7.3 percent; it was twice as high in women (14.7).
The study, published in April, was dubbed Covitel (Telephone Investigation of Risk Factors for Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in Pandemic Times) and its methodology is based on telephone conversations with nine thousand people.
The intention was to show the magnitude of the impact of the major risk factors for chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCCD) in the adult population.
For this reason, the study also pointed to the increase in the use of electronic cigarettes and the increase in sedentary lifestyles, among other things, and showed that young people and adults up to the age of 40 were most affected by the increase in depression analysis.
G1 pointed out that the pocket impact, like that of many Brazilians, was one of the great dilemmas of the pandemic era for renowned comedian Diego Cardoso, 36, who saw “the bottom of the well” during the health catastrophe and received the diagnosis .
“I think the financial deprivation was the main point because everything else comes from that. The difficulty of raising the money brought me negative things,” enthuses the joker, whose 2020 show schedule was completely canceled.
Faced with all these difficulties in secret, he isolated himself even more than the tax and even withdrew from virtual contact with friends. His experience made him realize that there is no way to get out of depression on your own, either before or after the prescription.
In an interview with G1, Humberto Corrêa, associate professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Medicine, explained that there is one message that society needs to get clear when it comes to depression: the importance of support.
“Depression is an illness. The patient has no control over this, he needs help. Often during the depressive process, the person does not have the courage or energy to seek help — they will need someone to hold their hand and guide them to that help — to the doctor, to the health center,” she warned.
According to the World Health Organization, around 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression, classified as a “neglected global health crisis”.
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