Depression and Anxiety Among Visually Impaired Population During Covid 19 Crisis in Mosul City

COVID 19 pandemic was really tough for blind and visually impaired people because they are most likely to complain from depression, anxiety and they are most likely to get severe acute respiratory infections Aim: to assess depressive and anxiety disorders among visually impaired population and try to find how to advice and treat them. Material and Method: It’s a case series study, the sample was 24 person of the visitors to Um Al Rabeain institution for blind and visually impaired people they were gathered during repeated visits between 28th of June to the 28th of July 2022, after their verbal consent they were assessed by Hamilton scales for depression and anxiety. Inclusion all visitors of the institution during this period of time, while those with mental retardation or severely ill were excluded Results: High degree of depression (62.5%) also anxiety (58.3%)revealed in this population. Conclusion: depression with anxiety both widely noticed in this population, efforts must be forwarded to improve quality of their live.