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. Diese Studie, über die die Funke-Mediengruppe berichtet, stellt fest, dass die Auswirkungen der Pandemie auf junge Menschen gravierender sind als die Probleme, die durch die weltweite Finanzkrise zwischen 2008 und 2010 hervorgerufen wurden. 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; laut einem Bericht der DAK-Krankenkasse stiegen die Fehltage aufgrund psychischer Erkrankungen im Jahr 2023 um 52 Prozent im Vergleich zu 2013, mit einem Durchschnitt von 323 Fehltagen pro 100 Arbeitnehmer.

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. Die WHO definiert Gesundheit nicht nur als Abwesenheit von Krankheit, sondern als Zustand des vollständigen physischen, psychischen und sozialen Wohlbefindens, was die Relevanz dieses Themas unterstreicht.