These are symptoms that the patient may not know are due to “depression”

He continued: “Depression is one of the most prevalent mental illnesses in Saudi society, and it comes in third place (following separation anxiety disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). ) While it reached (3.1%) in men in Saudi society, but the numbers increased during the Corona pandemic, according to a survey survey on social media to monitor symptoms of mental disorders during the pandemic, it was found that regarding 21% of the participants suffered from depression of varying severity. It ranged from moderate to very severe, while 17.5 percent suffered from anxiety.