Mental health inequalities, challenges and support needs during COVID-19: a qualitative study of 14-to-25-year-olds in London.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent's mental health and relationships has received growing attention, yet the challenges and support needs of adolescents living in existing deprivation are not well understood. The current qualitative study, part of a broader project cocreating mental health and life-skill workshops with young people, documents adolescents' lived experience and support needs 4 years on from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

20 semi-structured interviews and 6 focus groups were transcribed and thematically analysed in NVivo V.12 to inform codesigned workshops to support adolescents' needs.

Setting

Islington borough in North London, United Kingdom.

Participants

20 adolescents aged 14-25 years (mean=18.3; 60% female, 60% white)

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10989111 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature