Mental illness among teens and young adults has been an increasingly prevalent issue, observed to have been exacerbated by COVID-19. In fact, over the course of the pandemic, youth anxiety and depression doubled globally.[1] The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the prevalence of ...
According to a recent CVS Health/Morning Consult survey, the majority of adults have significant concerns about their mental health, and rates across the country continue to rise. The reported numbers increased by approximately 6% since 2022 and 15% since 2020.1 This recent survey was conducted...
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, it has had different infection rates across the world. Russia had one of the largest numbers of infected cases during 2020, but with a lower overall fatality rate. Nevertheless, as ...
Much of the rich world has struggled with rising rates of self-reported mental-health problems, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic. But the numbers in Britain are startling. Around 4.5m Britons were in contact with mental-...
Hubei province. By March 11 the World Health Organization declared an international pandemic. Since the early dates of the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus has spread globally, with increasing numbers of countries affected and a growing toll in the...
More than 403 million people globally and 77 million in the U.S. have been infected with the virus since the pandemic started. Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health “To put this in perspective, COVID-19 infections likely have contributed to more than 14.8 mil...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had implications for adolescents’ interpersonal relationships, communication patterns, education, recreational activities and well-being. An understanding of the impact of the pandemic on their mental health is crucial in measu
Background: Covid-19 has started to spread within China since the end of December 2019. Despite government’s immediate actions and strict control, mo
Temporal trends in eating disorder and self-harm incidence rates among adolescents and young adults in the UK in the 2 years since onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2023;7(8):544-554. doi:10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00126...
Much of the rich world has struggled with rising rates of self-reported mental-health problems, particularly since the covid-19 pandemic. But the numbers in Britain are startling. Around 4.5m Britons werein contact with mental-health servicesin 2021-22, a rise of almost 1m in five years. ...