Together for mental health

Over the last two or three years I have learned more about mental health than ever before. Before COVID mental health was never something I had to worry about. But having to stay home during COVID, I noticed that I was struggling a lot with anxiety. I had no idea how serious anxiety was or how serious it could become.

Over the last few years, I have started looking more into mental health statistics. It has been said that the mental health statistics of young adults, especially teens, have increased tremendously since COVID-19. In an article, I found it states, “an age of 18 years or younger at baseline, reported change on a validated mental health measure from pre-pandemic to during the pandemic” (Child Psychology). Could it be possible that part of the reason why young adult's and teenagers’ mental health had decreased exponentially is that they were put in lockdown and were not allowed to see anyone in person for months? The article states that “however, an extensive range of wider impacts, both positive and negative, have been recognized in relationships, family, and community life, as well as on economic prosperity. For the individual child, these will interact with existing circumstances, vulnerabilities, and protective factors, and have been described as vicious and virtuous cycles created by COVID-19” (Child Psychology).

By reading this article I think it is safe to say that COVID-19 was one of the leading factors to the increase in mental health problems over the last few years. But, with COVID-19 there have been a lot of other factors that have contributed to the decline in mental health. Overall mental health is not something that should be messed with, this is an issue that needs more attention before the decline gets worse.

Child Psychology Psychiatry - 2022 - Newlove‐Delgado - Annual Research Review The impact .

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