Anxiety and Depression: the New Challenge of the National Health Service

More than half of Italians feel healthy, despite the pandemic. But even among them about a third complain of problems, albeit mild, of anxiety and depression. Among the reasons for concern follow the sense of discomfort and slight pain. Coming to grips with this and caring for them are therefore the next challenges that the National Health Service (NHS) will have to face, according to Oriana Ciani of CERGAS, SDA Bocconi School of Management, together with colleagues Vittoria Ardito, Carlo Federici, Aureliano Finch, Alessandro Furnari, Claudio Jommi, Francesco Malandrini, Michela Meregaglia and Rosanna Tarricone, who have curated “Health outcomes and performance of the National Health Service”, chapter n. 7 of the 2021 edition of the Oasis Report, Observatory on companies and the Italian health system.