The focus: younger people suffer more than older ones!

The focus: younger people suffer more than older ones!

Deutschland - Mental health of young people has deteriorated considerably during Corona pandemic, as a recent study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) shows. This study, about which the Funke media Group reports, finds that the effects of pandemic on young people are more serious than the problems caused by the global financial crisis between 2008 and 2010. While in 2022 people under the age of 50 had poorer mental health than their older fellow citizens, this was not the case after the financial crisis, because at that time all age groups recovered evenly. "The younger, the stronger" the deterioration, DIW health economist Daniel Graeber reported.

mental illnesses in the upswing

The underlying concerns, triggered by crises such as Corona pandemic or the war in Ukraine, are a great burden on workers. Mental illnesses are steadily increasing in Germany; According to a report by the DAK health insurance fund, the absenteeism due to mental illnesses in 2023 rose by 52 percent compared to 2013, with an average of 323 shortages per 100 employees.

Additional data made available by the Statista website illustrate that 70 percent of the people who regularly exercise regularly assess their health as good or very well. These statistics underline how important it is to prevent mental illnesses preventive. With regard to the increasing health awareness - in 2024 around 24.3 million Germans stated that they are interested in healthy eating - it becomes clear that individual efforts are necessary to improve your own well -being. The WHO not only defines health as a absence of illness, but as a state of complete physical, psychological and social well -being, which underlines the relevance of this topic.