Mexico second country with more stress

• April 19, 2024

It is estimated that in Mexico between 30 and 40% of people suffer stress : "We are the second country in the world with the highest incidence rate of this problem, after China", revealed Alfredo Whley Sánchez , doctor assigned to the external consultation of the National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Múñiz (INPRF)

In this regard, the health expert indicated that the stress it is a reaction that occurs before a stimulus and that tries to compose the physiological balance of human beings in the face of a real or imminent danger: "It is a system of protection or alarm that all living beings have and causes us to be on the defensive before a threat, "said Whley Sánchez.

Economic, environmental and social factors such as violence, problems of a couple or family, and in general modern life in large cities, increase this condition, which if not controlled can cause anxiety and depressive disorders.

The specialist assured that the stress is a situation that can be presented from Small children until older adults , what varies is the form of manifestation. For example, Whyley points out, this condition is common in 3-year-old children and is characterized by anxiety or anguish , have aggressive behaviors, problems eating, sleeping, poor toilet training, are irritable and sometimes suck their thumbs.

According to the INPRF expert, in adults, it is manifested by the loss of appetite , sleep, isolation, problems in their interpersonal relationships, fatigue and chronic headache, gastric and digestive discomfort. It is also characteristic that in men there is a tendency to consume alcoholic beverages.

Stress in women

On the other hand, women who live with stress have muscle contractures, disorders of anxiety , panic , phobias , however they talk about their discomforts.

The main consequences of stress are the Psychiatric disorders: anxiety , depression , consumption of substances like alcohol Y marijuana . In addition, according to Alfredo Whley, a physician at the National Institute of Psychiatry, this condition can cause hypertension , diabetes , obesity Y problems of a cardiac nature .

The mental health specialist, said that the treatment is preventive, since all people must dedicate time for the relaxation , to meditate or perform physical activities and if this is not enough, it is necessary that they go to the psychologist, to treat the acute stress, in which we resort to drugs derived from diazepam and antidepressants .

In addition there are techniques of bio-relaxation that psychologists use for people to learn to breathe and relax muscles, as well as therapy cognitive-behavioral which is based on that "We are what we think ", The idea is to change the stress which is in the mind.

In the specific case of children, they are taught relax through games that are not rough and you should also devote at least 10 minutes to relaxation.

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