'If you feel like crying, cry', recommends specialist to victims

• April 19, 2024

To regain mental control after a crisis situation as was the experience of the earthquake of 7.1 degrees Richter That hit the country is important for people to express their feelings and plan what to do in case an earthquake is repeated.

The psychologist of the UNAM, Sara Unda Rojas , considered that not only people who suffered losses or were left homeless they require psychological attention after this crisis, but the population in general, mainly the minors and people who had emotional problems before the earthquake.

It must accompany, support, allow the emotions to manifest, if the people, the child, the mother, have the desire to mourn that they cry, to tell what happened to them, to talk about their experience and their fear, "he recommended.

Something very necessary, he added, is to plan what they can do in case the situation repeats itself, because that helps regain control of the situation and anxiety decreases.

He considered the past earthquake it was more impactful for children He surprised them during school hours, a situation that may be aggravated by the alarm and repetition of events in the media.

Therefore, it recommended that once the classes are resumed, in the schools the children that require Psychological Support and give orientations in general to lower anxiety levels.

He explained that people with family or emotional problems, as well as diseases, prior to the earthquake, are more vulnerable in falling into depression, panic or phobias after the experience of September 19.

Therefore, he recommended the population go to hostels where the brigades of psychologists are giving therapies and approaching them.

The brigades of psychologists specialized in dealing with crises in minors, coordinated by Dr. Unda Rojas, are in the shelters of Huerto Roma and Huipulco, but more psychologists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) give support in other camps.

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