Analyzing Mental Health Crisis Among Young People in UK Post COVID-19

This report examines the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of young people in the UK. It highlights the rise in mental health issues due to factors like lockdowns, economic crises, and social isolation. The report discusses the challenges faced by young people, including increased rates of depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders, exacerbated by job losses and financial insecurity. It also addresses the psychological effects such as feelings of helplessness, guilt, and hopelessness, alongside behavioral issues like inattention and fear. The study emphasizes the importance of mental health support and interventions, noting the role of government initiatives and healthcare services in addressing this crisis. Furthermore, it touches upon the long-term consequences of the pandemic on mental and physical well-being, advocating for proactive psychosocial interventions. The report concludes by underscoring the need for continued focus on mental health support for young people during and after the pandemic.

Mental Health Effects On
Young People During the
Covid19 Pandemic

Table of Contents
TITLE..............................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION (ISSUE) 750......................................................................................................3
BACKGROUND 1250....................................................................................................................4
CURRENT STATUS 2500..............................................................................................................7
KEY CONSIDERATION 2500.....................................................................................................13
OPTIONS 1250..............................................................................................................................20
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 1250....................................................................23
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................26
Books and Journals...............................................................................................................26

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Impact of Covid-19 in mental health among young people in the UK
INTRODUCTION (ISSUE) 750
Mental health issue become one of the prevalent disease that rises in the UK. There are
various of reason which may act as factor to cause the issue of mental health. Therefore, the
report or research work usually focus on the Covid-19 that act as issue to enhance cases of
mental health (Dewa and et. al., 2021). According to the world health organisation, the definition
of mental health is referring as the state of wellbeing in which the individual realises their
abilities which can related with coping factor of normal stress of life that can work productively
and fruitfully and help to make the proper contribution to their social group and community. In
addition, the issue of mental health is rises during the Covid-19 where the lockdown and other
factor affect the wellbeing and resilience of young people within UK. Moreover, it is well
analysed that young people are mostly affected due to the Covid-19 where the country start to
face economic crises and due to this number of young people losses their job and become
unemployed. Such condition triggers the poor mental health because it foster the stress and
frustration that affect the young people state of mind. The issue is well elaborated that show the
factor which is related with Coronavirus disease pandemic has usually unfolded a tsunami of
challenge for the mankind over the last previous month or fact of years (Huang, and Ougrin,
2021).
For instance, it also triggers the condition where global collapses are drive and every
influence feel unsaturated at their demographic due to fear and restriction that placed by
government to control the spread of disease. In this, young people become unemployed due to
economic crises which occur due to the rapid prevention in trade, territorial collapse and so on.
Uncertain, there are various families that experience an ongoing pervasive sense of loss that is
loss of social network, jobs and financials security and threatened loss of loved ones (Lee, 2020).
These all impact the mental health and also render the relationship among the children, parents
and so on. Whereas, the young people faced some of psychological that occur due to Covid-19
are that they are facing extreme depression which characterized by low mood, tiredness,
pessimism, poor sleep and appetite, feeling helpless, guilty and hopeless with the minimisation in
the work output that affect the wellbeing and resilience of young people (Pfefferbaum, 2021).

Apart from young people, older are also facing issue who is vulnerable and assisted with special
care where attention is require due to the rising issue of mental health (Mughal and et. al., 2021).
It has been reported that the most common psychological and behavioural issue among
young people in the pandemic were inattention, clinginess, distraction and fear of asking
question which is about pandemic. It is also showing the risk which is greatly enhanced in those
with the pre-existing mental health condition (Pfefferbaum, 2021). As per this, in the midst of the
Covid-19 pandemic where the helpline number in the UK are used to control the manage the
rising issue of mental health disorder or issue which is arise in young people. the mental health
counselling basic treatment which is used for the mental health patient. In this, the medical
counselling or mental counselling is effective for the patient who is dealing with anxiety and
stress. Therefore, domestic violence and social isolation is also appearing as risk which create
hindrance to generate risk of low wellbeing and lack of resilience. Thus, Covid-19 disease itself
and it ripple effect of quarantine and nationwide lockdown have end which help to induce acute
panic, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, paranoia and depression and they also to post traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) in the long run (Patrick and et. al., 2020).
In addition to this, the current pandemic is a way of lingering stressor that may also damage
mind and body where they also show the outcome which is based on long term health
complication (Theis and et. al., 2021). The effect of stress and adversity on the current physical
and psychological wellbeing which enhance the focus on paediatric clinic as the need of hour. In
addition, it is also analysed that they proactively prevent and try to stop the crises which is based
psychosocial level as well as they also consider some intervention that foster the psychosocial
wellbeing and wellness. Moreover, government also implement various of intervention that is
well used in order to show the topmost priority for government, health care personnel and other
associated stakeholder. The above discussion show that issue is usually related with the impact
that affect young people psychological, psychosocial and many more fraction due to the Covid-
19 (Stavridou and et. al., 2020).
BACKGROUND 1250
Coronavirus is previously started and become pandemic for the world. it creates threat for people
and number of people was also died due to Covid-19. Therefore, the rising cases of Covid-19
formulate challenge for population as well government to manage and control the issue. In
addition, economic crises and other associated risk showing their occurrence and at same time

the guideline which is regulated by government such as use of mask, social isolation and many
more affect mental health. The psychosocial impact of the Covid-19 crisis has shown the
outcome which is associated with mental health and emotional wellbeing of million. This is
individually true when they are undertaking for young people. The seclusion, lack of contact
with peers and for many, the loss of emotional as well financial security, impact their daily lives
that include disruption in work and education. It has been also analysing that the youth are facing
enhance risk of suffering from depression, anxiety and sleep disorder. Therefore, pandemic has
well contributed that provide the wide range of productivity of the youth because of the various
stressor that is mentioned above. This is caused an enhance rate of youth suicide as they were not
able to deal with stress and anxiety that they face day-to-day life (Theis and et. al., 2021).
In addition, Covid-19 which is called as pandemic and rise issue of crises in term of
economic, emotional and physical. Therefore, Covid-19 crises are accelerated digitally among
and within countries and has shown the outcome in massive closure of educational institution
that include those at the level of territory. With this all, young people is also included as face
who is dealing and suffer with extreme challenge which has torn the fabric of societies and
causes the damage and human suffering. The low rate of employment from government is also
challenging for youth in order to manifest and deal with poverty where Covid-19 presence raise
the configuration that create unemployment and reduce social isolation which create
complication of mental health (Theis and et. al., 2021). The Covid-19 is cost for the world as
pandemic as a same way, they are also cost to society when associated with youth or young
people. there are wide range of people are usually diagnosed with mental health or disorder
which include ADHD, anxiety, autism, conduct disorder, depression, eating disorder and so on
which can create harm to the young people health, education, life outcome and earning abilities.
With this, the impact on children lives is incalculable. The new analysis has been well introduced
that is by London School of Economics in the aspect of report that indicate that lost contribution
to economics in the report that lost contribution to economics due to mental disorder that lead to
create the issue of disability or death that usually happen among the young people which is
estimated at nearly $390 billion a year (Stavridou and et. al., 2020).
On the onset of the pandemic, the young people were more vulnerable to the very
situation. Young people have suffered greatly due the situation and circumstances which
disrupted their mental health efficiently. As the spread was deadly, Covid-19 majorly affected

the society with infectious disease and the situation was not in control by the government too.
The major characteristic of the Covid pandemic is the rapid viral transmission of the infection
with actually no immunity. The young people were majorly affected by the low wages and
economical imbalances which directly impacted their personal and social life. As every one was
got isolated from their loved ones, this was the main cause of people were stressed out and was
in distress which further led to mental trauma and other associated psychiatric disorders. They
were not satisfied with their financial imbalances and the social distancing caused a major
change in their lifestyles, they were stuck at one place and was not allowed to move to the other
place which was a major issue at that very situation. Loss of loved ones due to the spread out
broke them apart and was implied to more sorrow, pain which further was accompanied with
stress, anxiety and depression (Hadjidemetriou and et. al., 2020). Young people were filled with
more of irrational thoughts that led to suicidal thoughts due to grief and unsatisfied life living.
The economic devastation of prolonged or long-term lockdowns definitely had an adverse effect
on the health impacts in the population of the nation. Situation was worsening day by day and the
news report were a heck at that time period that has affected the mental health of the young
people drastically. As they are the sound asset of the nation, they were more intended to the
situations and the mental health was chiefly impacted.
As the growing situation of the pandemic led to more deaths within the nation, there were
governmental laws and rules that was amended to safeguard the people of the nation.
Government implemented the laws and orders to stay at home, and not to move out unnecessarily
out of home. The Covid-19 crisis has heightened the risk factors that eventually was associated
with the poor mental health among young people. Financial insecurity and their imbalances,
unemployment was a major overlook by the government. Only pharmacies and grocery stores
other than hospitals were available at that time to fulfil the needs of the people of the UK. People
were asked to maintain healthy diets and stay at their homes when not needed to go outside.
Vaccines were then discovered for the very situations and the crisis state to reduce the number of
cases within the nation. Low symptoms in patients were asked to isolate themselves at their
homes and not sit wit the other members of the family (Keogh-Brown and et. al., 2020). NHS
then offered treatment for the patents with corona virus who were at highest risk of becoming
seriously ill due to the crisis and they includes Antiretroviral, Sotrovimab and other neutralising
monoclonal antibodies, Remdesivir ans etc. it was instructed to get rapid lateral flow test if

anyone gets symptoms and this test was free of cost to the people from GOV.UK Or NHS119 to
the nation. There were several vital guidelines implemented for the safety and health for the
people of the nation. Clinical tests were a major step in intervention when any sign of symptoms
was seen in an individual.
As this is a complex disease and was accompanied with so many other difficulties and
government then implemented treatments and vaccines foe their people. People were asked to
put on masks on their face and always shield their face while they move out of their houses.
Hand sanitizers were stocked to intervene the spread of the infection from one individual to the
other. Night and day curfews was a major step by the government to reduce the spread of the
infection. Gloves and masks were made a mandatory step in the process of intervention. Clinical
and community care was made an important and vital step in the process of intervention to the
situation which was a very crucial for the crisis. This care represented the realistic strategies for
successful Covid-19 pandemic mitigation in the very long-term (Panovska-Griffiths and et. al.,
2020). Healthcare setting reinforcement were the main roles on the intervention process, the
healthcare professionals were proficiently taking care of the major situation within the nation to
provide an effective result to the people who were suffering within the nation. It was difficult for
the hospitals to manage their patients and give them efficient patient care and so the government
brought up major and vital steps to provide them effective care to prevent the disease and the
outbreak.
CURRENT STATUS 2500
Covid-19 was declared as a worldwide pandemic by the organisation World Health
Organisation on 11 March 2020. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease which
is mainly incepted by SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most individual who are infected with this virus will
experience a mild to moderate respiratory impairment and also recovers without aiding any sort
of special treatment. Withal, some individual can even become more serious with an effect that
can majorly make them ill and sick and require efficient medical care and attention to aid the
difficulties wit the disease. Those individuals with underlying medical conditions like
cardiovascular disease, other chronic respiratory disease, or it can also cause cancer are more
likely to develop other associated serious illness. This disease can majorly affect the young
people and are more likely to getting sick with the Covid-19 and become seriously ill or can be
fatal to death at any age (Choi and et. al., 2020). The new coronavirus is efficiently infectious

respiratory impairment which is chiefly transmitted from an individual to individual like a
regular flu. This pandemic has possible symptoms such as fever, cough, tiredness and other
associated loss of taste or smell. In addition, sore throat and aches and pains with headaches
were associated with the difficulties. Serious illness symptoms includes difficulty in breathing,
dilemmas, chest pain that can be major at times for the affected individual.
On the 12th of January 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed that there
is a novel virus called coronavirus was the major incept of a respiratory impairment in a cluster
of people in the Wuhan city of the the nation China. In addition, this was efficiently reported to
WHO in the end December of 2019. as the disease was fatal, it fatality ratio was much lower
than the SARS of 2003, but the transmission was significantly very high and greater with respect
to the total death toll. On the onset of pandemic, more attention was focussed on protecting the
more vulnerable. During the pandemic, young people have suffered greatly with measures that
were taken to control the illness if caused. There was a great surge in the associated illness
within the young people. In addition, the young people were majorly affected with loads of
mental illness that was associated with the running scenario of the pandemic (Cowie and Myers,
2021). Young people in UK were mostly affected as the pandemic lead to so many stress
bursting impacts that were not favourable to their age factor and also they were not ready to
attempt those cases. As approximately 1.7 million young people in UK were having a long term
medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes and other mental associated illness such as epilepsy.
As a way of endeavouring to control the outspread of the very disease SARS-CoV-2 virus
and slowing down the disease transmission, the nation then implemented the non-pharmaceutical
interventions (NPI) to bring forth the socialising and contact limits throughout the society.
Therefore, these NPIs were later known as lockdowns. In the case of UK, there were several
measures and strategise that were majorly utilised to decline the spread of the infection including
limiting non-essential contact and travelling around the globe. In addition, the best measure was
to stay at home orders to prevent the infection spread from one individual to the other and to not
loiter around unnecessarily and efficiently maintaining the rules of social distancing. Work from
home was then chiefly applied at workplaces and other working authorities to promote the digital
delivery of work efficiency and other online lectures and seminar were conducted to foster the
education efficiently. However, the UK government then utilised the national lockdowns as a

crucial part to control the corona virus and further protect the National Health Services (NHS)
and save lives that was more important for the government (Dubey and et. al., 2020).
As has been mentioned and pointed efficiently that societal lockdowns may unknowingly
lead to poor outcomes such as inclined unemployment, child abuse, and other associated
domestic violence which was not a healthy impact the spread-out for the nation. In addition, the
reduced non- COVID-19 healthcare, for instance the vaccinations and cancer screenings that
were crucial for the patients were not considered and thus leading to death of those patients. In
addition, lockdowns elevate the substance abuse among young people and also there were high
chances that they attempted suicides due to increased mental health issues such as anxiety, stress
and depression. Elevated levels of isolation in young people lead to high levels of physiological
distress which is majorly affected their mental health. There has been now gathering evidence
that the young people have suffered a lot during the pandemic within the nation and they are
more vulnerable to other associated mental health illness. During the lockdowns, the young
people were more declining towards the mental health issues that were comprised with anxiety,
depression, worry ad other rumination, sleep and stress. For instance, early on the course of the
pandemic which was in May 2020, initial studies details that the physiological distress levels
were very high as those estimated in the very previous year (Holt and Murray, 2022). The young
people are the complex sensitive group of people who suffered more during the pandemic and
that was more devastating for the their physical and mental health.
Indeed, around half of the mental health disorders emerged in the young adults. The
sequelae of poor mental health and associated low mental well-being are the causing derivative
of numerous medium or longer term negative impacts on the young adults which finally prevents
individuals from reaching their full efficiency and full potentials. Common mental health issues
and difficulties majorly includes depression, and stress which is associated with significant
negative impacts and outcomes, which also comprises very low educational accomplishment,
other associated relationship disruption which is not healthy for their mental peace and growth.
In addition, this also bring forth unstable employment and an increased health risks that is not
efficient for their mental peace and physical growth and development. This also elevated the risk
of increased mortality rate within the nation through somatic illness and suicide among young
adults. Due to lockdown, the social life was totally affected and the mortality within the nation
was impacted which majorly affected the mental peace within the young people. Economic

disruption was the major factor that was affected by the pandemic within the workplaces were
inefficient in providing employment and the wages decreased due to increased pandemic and
declined financial and funds. Young adults were totally devastated as they were not able to work
efficiently and they were less paid than usual days which affected their life and financial
instability lead to so many other mental health issues such as stress, depression (Jallow and et.
al., 2020). As young adults are easy to exploitation, substance abuse was the major issuance
during those days and they were vulnerable to those pandemic scenarios that affected their
personal and social life.
The young adults are vulnerable and easily gets influenced by their peers which is not a
good impact on their mental and thinking consciousness. They tend to lose their mental stability
when things not go in their hands and are also impulsive which lead them to think of suicidal.
The pandemic then led to feelings of defeat, incompetent, entrapment, shame and hopelessness
within the young adults which was not a good sign and that later led to many suicides and other
mental traumas within them. One of the major factor was experiencing economic disruption
which had high chances of likely to experience suicidal thoughts within the young adults.
Personal instability in relationship and domestic violence among couples and with other family
members led to suicidal thoughts and attempts to suicide. This also impacted the metal health by
causing to stress and depression. The young adults unfortunately were suffering a lot with
common mental health issuances that efficiently was not in favour of their physical and mental
health and they included like depression, major stress and traumas associated with other poor
mental health. Prolonged poor mental health difficulty impacted the suffering of individuals as
the pandemic affected the economic outcomes of that individual which was healthy for their
daily life living (Kim and Asbury, 2020). With their personal earnings, which was considerably
very less than those without a mental disorder in other individuals can majorly affect the mental
stability of that respective individual. Young adults are at risk of escaping from education and
this will majorly impact the cognitive growth and sensitive thinking skills that would aid in
tackling mental health difficulties.
Given this developmentally sensitive time period, young adults are very vulnerable to
mental health difficulties and it is perhaps the unsurprising that the policy outcome to the Covid-
19 pandemic gave major hype to further more mental health problems in young adults. Although
the young adults are more relatively spared from the pandemic situation and physical effects of

Covid-19 and not significant thrust of the transmission. Young adults are more vulnerable to
suffering very low mental well-being as an outcome of this pandemic. There was a surge in the
symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia among the young adults during the
pandemic. Covid-19 effectively led to mental complications and other mental health difficulties
among the young adults such as delirium, agitation, and other metal health problem such as
strokes. Psychological mental health difficulties impacts include low mood, mood swings,
tiredness, pessimism, very poor sleep, appetite issues, feeling helpless at times, sometimes guilty
about the situation that they are dealing with and extreme feeling of hopelessness. In addition,
there is a gradual feeling of reduction in work output among the young adults that is good for the
is mental and physical wellbeing (Loomba and et. al., 2021). Physical distancing due to the
Covid-19 outbreak majorly impacted young people with drastic negative effects on the mental
health. With physical distancing, people were bound to stay at their homes, to some people it was
very difficult at the beginning but later they were intended to obey the governmental rules for
their safety.
Many became homeless due to no or low financial stability, and also poor which affected
their mental well-being. In addition, high mortality rates within the nation in the time period of
2020 to 2021 due to Covid-19 has chiefly caused widespread psychiatric distress among people.
This long term distress may cause concerns such as psychiatric imbalances. When people were
instructed and ordered about staying at their homes, without direct contact with Covid-19 cases,
mental health was mainly affected. The initiation of social distancing, self-isolation and
lockdowns limited face to face interaction and contact with their loved ones significantly
elevated the risk of mental health problems (Xiong and et. al., 2020). This led to depressive
disorder and other psychological imbalances that would majorly effect the very well-being in
among adults within within the nation (Niedzwiedz and et. al., 2021). This pandemic led to
billions of deaths within the nation and worldwide that ahas a major effect on the mental
conditions of the individuals. Many lost their loved ones’ planet was burning out with the death
rates and this has greatly impacted the psychological stability within each individual. Social
connection is vital for well-being in humans and whilst internet based media and applications
such as zoom, WhatsApp etc. allowed social interaction among people which was very essential
part for living in such conditions. Young people had suddenly left the socialising period that has

led to a situation where they were not in state of accepting the current conditions of the pandemic
as that was very disturbing.
There were very disturbing circumstances within the nation that has silently disturbed the
whole well-being of the nation. Covid-19 had other several factors that may lead to their
anxiousness towards the situation, young people were more anxious and vulnerable at that times
and the one with pre-existing psychiatric vulnerabilities it was obvious that the young people
may develop anxiety disorders. In addition, heightened risk of anxiety and depression among the
young adults, elevated the risk of substance use among them. In addition, domestic violence was
on peak with child abuse (Shakespeare and et. al., 2021). Domestic violence and other associated
abuses such as child abuse possibly increased due to isolation and lockdowns. This isolation
majorly affected their mental well-being and this was not good for their health. These abuses
were more and the abusers were at low possibilities of escape in young adults that was not good
for their mental well-being. There are other factors that has contributed to the development of the
psychiatric disorders among the young adults. Young adults working at the health care setting
were also majorly affected as they were intended to the most disturbing wards and they had to
suffer a lot at that times (Panovska-Griffiths and et. al., 2020). They were intended to the
pandemic situations within the health care sector as they are abided by their oaths and with the
circumstances that they were facing at the premise was very disturbing and has affected their
mental health very efficiently. Healthcare workers and other health care professionals were
majorly affected with this pandemic situation as they were in direct contact with the infectious
disease and dealing with the situations of patient care that was efficiently needed for their
wellbeing.
Young adults who were employed at the health care setting were more vulnerable to the
disease and the running situations as they were at great risk of causing psychiatric disorders.
They were later suffering with major mental health issues and were also at the risk of suicide as
they were inefficient in tackling the situations of Covid. The young patients at the hospital were
dealing with the pandemic and with other mental health issues such as hypertension s the
situation led to this circumstances among them. The one with pre-existing psychiatric disorders
was worsening as they were more vulnerable to isolations, they were more often to cause more
psychiatric deformities and that could take their lives (Pokhrel and Chhetri, 2021). Stress is well
established contributor to development of other psychiatric diseases and is an onset of the mental