Almost one in five people in Italy
have taken psychoactive pills for various mental problems during
the COVID crisis, the Eurispes research agency said Thursday.
Some 19% of respondents have taken anxiety tablets,
antidepressants, mood stabilizers and antipsychotics, the
institute said.
One in four of those interviews for the Eurispes Italy Report
2021 said they had seen a counselor or psychiatrist over the
past year.
Of those who have taken pills, consumption is above average
among older patients (22.5% of the over 65s) and less so among
younger people (10.1% among the 18-24 age bracket).
More women than men have resorted to drugs, 21.2% against 16.7%.
A higher incidence was also recorded among those laid-off
(27.2%, and pensioners (23.7%).
Some 27.2% of those who answered the questionnaire said they had
seen a psychologist.
A further 5.6% said they had turned to a psychiatrist and been
prescribed psychiatric drugs.
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