Rumi Reuben, a specialist psychiatrist at the Galle Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, says that the number of patients visiting psychiatrists for treatment of mental problems (stress) caused by economic problems has doubled. (Sri Lanka Latest News)
The expert doctor who says that the number of such patients coming to the clinics has also doubled, also mentioned that economic pressure and uncertainty about the future are the main reasons for these stressful situations.
Uncertainty about the future of their children, the collapse of young people’s hopes, negative and uncertain moods that they cannot live well even if they study, failed efforts to find money to send their children abroad, thoughts that they will be alone by sending their children abroad, etc. are the main causes of these mental pressures. The specialist says that the development of these tensions can even cause diseases such as depression.
