COVID has added urgency to this issue, but the need won’t be over when cases diminish. The mental health impacts of the pandemic will be long-lasting, and we must be prepared to help young adults who are suffering.
Patient rating the overall experience of NHS mental health services in England very poor Depression Share of adults who reported symptoms of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in Great Britain Share of young people who reported experiences of depression/feeling down in the UK 2021 Consump...
Existing literature contains information about the worsening mental health conditions of young people (including young adults), and young age is considered a vulnerability factor. Previous studies have provided evidence for a greater risk of deteriorating mental health and higher stress levels in individua...
Considering age, those between 18 and 44 years are more likely to receive counseling or therapy than older adults, however older adults are more likely to take medication to treat their mental health issues. Furthermore, mental health treatment in general is far more common among white adults ...
A‘Health record’ is a record which consists of information relating to the physical or mental health or condition of an individual which has been made by or on behalf of a health professional in connection with the care of that individual. ...
Even so, we should not ignore the importance of childhood poverty for mental health in adulthood, as significant effects have also been found in older adults. A possible mechanism of the link between childhood poverty and mental health are presented; persistent poverty-related challenging tasks64, ...
Few studies assessing the effects of COVID-19 on mental health include prospective markers of risk and resilience necessary to understand and mitigate the combined impacts of the pandemic, lockdowns, and other societal responses. This population-based study of young adults includes individuals from ...
Mental health problems are one of the most prominent contributors to the global burden of disease among young people (Costello, Egger, & Angold, 2005), with half of all youth with mental health issues first reporting problems before 14 years of age (Kessler et al., 2005). Furthermore, the...
To what extent does school belonging in the final year of high school predict mental health problems (anxiety, depression, and stress) in young adults? 2. Is the relationship between school belonging and mental health (stress, anxiety, and depression) moderated by gender? Method Participants Par...
mental health of older adults. There is no unanimous conclusion on the impact of employment on the mental health of the elderly in the existing research, which can be roughly divided into two kinds of views: one kind of view holds that employment promotes the mental health of the elderly. ...