Resumption of the causes of the financial crisis in Lebanon on the
deterioration of the mental health of the Lebanese wage earners.
Mr. Georges
Sebastian Gerard Bellos
MS in Geology (AUB)
and MA in Archeology (Lebanese University)
MBA Graduate, and TD
Holder (Lebanese International University)
Beirut, Lebanon,
This article was taken from a previous one by the same
author (published on www.libnanews.com).
It links the research carried out on the economic
framework of the
research, having discussed the various indicators, and can demonstrate the
essential need for a mixed study following the methodological framework of the initial
research.
Mental health, being a very important issue, has come under scrutiny during
the time of the Covid 19 pandemic lockdown. This, by the reaction of many
companies, employees or any other employee, who have dealt with this in very
different ways. This question also aroused the need to launch a survey on the
issue (see Fig. 1 below).
Figure 1: Demand statistics for mental health structures.
The explanation of Figure 1 repeats that of the previous article (published
on www.libnanews.com). So it turns out
that to the question "if a website (or a portal) dealing with
mental health would be put online, offering training and/or coaching sessions
on the issue, would you interested in joining their community or registering as
a member”, 96% of respondents answered present. and, to the question
"would you be potentially interested in joining their community via
their social networks, if their portal would make this option available to you?
This
in order to meet our coaches, our mentors, our volunteers, advisers or
assistants? ”, also 96% of the speakers had answered present.
However, to the question “If the online mental health assistance
service would meet your needs, would you be willing to share your experience
with your friends?” 95% of our stakeholders told us they were willing
to do so.
This proves the real need to find immediate solutions to the problems
directly linked to the deterioration of the mental health of the wage bill, in
Lebanon, indicated by the marked increase in potential cases of anxiety and
depression linked to both the crisis the country has been going through since
July 2019 (as indicated by the survey results in Fig. 2). When conditions had
deteriorated and the people had risen up against the corrupt political regime,
made up of mafia oligarchs, in October 2019, three years later still at the
same point: The mafia are still there and the lifestyle is worsened with a
sharp devaluation of the LL pound against the dollar, the bread being currently
at 20,000 or 25,000 LL (the current parity rate rises to ca. 40,000LL to the US
dollar, a week ago, currently the LL pound is 35000 LL for the US dollar).
At the time of the Saoura, and the 1st Covid confinement, the parity of the
Pound LL ranged between 2000 LL and 5000LL (period when the 1st article was
published on www.libnanews.com). The
saoura was promulgated by the government decision of the famous WhatsApp tax,
and the ?? The bread is over 20,000 LL and people seem to be delighted, but are
they really??
According to this statistic presented as part of the previous research by
the same author (published on www.libnanews.com)
describing the various causes of anxiety and depression, there would be a link
between the financial crisis and the deterioration of health. mentality of the
working force suffering the full force of the crisis. He indicated that in relation
to the deplorable living conditions caused by corruption and mismanagement of
the state (with the absence of reforms, budgetary and monetary policies), the
cases of depression and anxiety would have increased, and other studies
indicate this as well. And worse still, the large number of emigrants
constantly growing, because those who can travel and have left, have done so.
This being linked to Lebanon, among other things to the fall of the Lebanese
pound against the dollar, and the unemployment rate. And to the whole world by
the Covid 19 crisis. Consequently, the statistics are clear.
Figure 2: Statistics from a parallel research on the problems of mass layoffs or
other problems due to mismanagement of HRM causing mental health problems.
Given that 54.54% of the respondents, of the scientific study presented
within the framework of the previous research of the same author (published on www.libnanews.com), say to disagree with
the clause that "In case the current economic situation would
have caused anxiety and depression among your company's employees, its HR
department has concrete measures to help them better cope with this”.
However, 27.27% of participants had no opinion, and only 18.18% of the responses
collected agreed.
It is clear that there is urgency. Especially since according to official
statistics suicide rates would have increased between October 17, 2019 (date of
the beginning of the popular revolt against our corrupt regime) and now,
according to the data collected from the need to have, and urgently, a
structure of support for mental health and well-being. It will get worse and
there is no more tolerable excuse because the longer you wait the worse it will
get.
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