Covid, psychologists: “Final blow for Italian parties in isolation”

The unpredictability of the pandemic “is creating an overlap that, after the third winter of the health emergency, has increased the fatigue and anxiety of Italians. There is concern because there is no end in sight even after diligently taking three doses of vaccine and then there is also the increase in quarantines. A situation of psychological stress that puts the elderly and the youngest in suffering, with a Christmas often ruined by isolation or the suspicion of being infected. The last blow to a situation already heavy”. Thus at Adnkronos Salute the president of the National Council of the Order of Psychologists (Cnop), David Lazzari, who on the hypothesis of a mini quarantine for those who, vaccinated, came into contact with a positive, “is a medical question, so if there is the OK from the CTS it means that it can be done. Certainly a reduction has positive effects from a psychological point of view “. “We are used to living Christmas and the end of the year as a time to meet again and look to the future with optimism – observes Lazzari – The current epidemic situation makes everything much more difficult, a cauldron of psychological unease and mental disorders is fed. ‘anxiety that is filling up in two years of pandemic. And unfortunately very little has been done to alleviate it from a psychological point of view “. In what spirit can Italians look to 2022? “There is a need for a general reflection on how to get out of the pandemic other than how we entered it – replies Lazzari – This whole story must make us rethink the model of economic and social development, otherwise I will not have served anything”.