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Prepared for Zach H. | Delivered October 8, 2020
Teen Mental Health And COVID-19
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Goals
To provide current statistics on teen mental health in light of COVID-19. To provide recent statistics on teen mental health in light of COVID-19 informed by trends from the last five years.
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Early Findings
2020 Statistics
According to a recent
survey
from UNICEF and the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), COVID-19 and related lockdowns have affected the mental health of around
40%
of teenagers.
70%
of teenagers say they have developed negative feelings toward the future because of COVID-19.
79%
experience increased worry about infectious people around them.
44%
of teenagers say they lack knowledge about the virus.
38%
of teenagers say they believe the worst is yet to come in terms of the pandemic's prevalence and its impact on the economy.
2016-2020 Trends
Heidi News reports that even without a global pandemic crisis,
20%
of teenagers will suffer mental health problems.
COVID-19's impact is expected to
further aggravate
mental health problems among adolescents.
A survey by Healthy Minds Network in July 2020 showed that
60%
of students and teenagers found it more difficult to receive mental health care in the past months.
Depression among surveyed college students increased from
35.7%
in 2019 to
40.9%
in 2020, partly because of the pandemic.
Risk of suicide among students increased from
25%
in 2019 to
27.2%
in 2020.
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