Japan Will Launch the First National Mental Health Survey Related to the New Crown

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare plans to launch its first national mental health survey of the new crown outbreak next month to understand the impact of the outbreak on people's mental health. Kyodo News reported on the 27th, the investigation will be conducted online, a total of 10,000 people. The Ministry of Health and Welfare will ask respondents to recall and fill in their mental state between April and May and how to deal with anxiety, ask them if they have symptoms of physical discomfort, and so on. From April to May, mental health and welfare centers across Japan received a surge in new crown-related mental health counseling, with more 40-50-year-olds, some claiming to be "unable to sleep" and "uneasy" and "not good mental health" and "avoiding going out leading to increased anxiety," the ministry said.