Young people’s mental health deteriorated at greater rate during the pandemic, finds study

Medical Xpress September 21, 2023
University of Oxford

Researchers led by Professor Willem Kuyken at Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry compared the mental health difficulties and well-being of thousands of UK secondary school pupils who experienced three lockdowns, with a group of students who participated in the same study before the coronavirus pandemic emerged in 2020.

The findings, part of the MYRIAD (My Resilience in Adolescence) study and published in the journal JAMA Network Open, show:

• Young people who went through the pandemic were more likely to experience increased depression, social, emotional and behavioral difficulties and worsening general mental well-being.

• While mental health declined in both groups over time, those in the pandemic experienced a worsening in their mental health:

• Cases of depression increased 8.5%...

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