Planning for the Mental Health Surge: The Self-Reported Mental Health Impact of Covid-19 on Young People and Their Needs and Preferences for Future Services
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
8 April 2022
Abstract
We investigated young people’s mental health (MH) and preferences for future MH services early in the Covid-19 pandemic to support user-centered service planning and delivery. We administered a webbased survey to young people living in Ontario. Logistic regressions identified predictors of worsening MH and service preferences among a sample of 1341 participants. 61.1% reported worse MH since the pandemic. Worsening MH was significantly associated with one MH and five sociodemographic factors. Participants’ MH and service preferences aligned well with clinical practice guidelines in that those with a greater self-reported MH need preferred more intensive MH services.
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Nous avons étudié la santé mentale des jeunes de même que leurs préférences pour les futurs services de santé mentale aux premiers stades de la pandémie de Covid19 afin de soutenir la planification et la prestation de services axés sur l’utilisateur. Nous avons mené un sondage sur le Web auprès de jeunes vivant en Ontario. Des régressions logistiques ont été utilisées pour déterminer les prédicteurs d’une détérioration de la santé mentale et des préférences en matière de services auprès d’un échantillon de 1 341 participants. Parmi eux, 61,1 % des répondants ont signalé que leur santé mentale était moins bonne depuis le début de la pandémie. La détérioration de la santé mentale était associée à un problème de santé mentale et à 5 facteurs sociodémographiques. Les préférences des participants en matière de santé mentale et de services concordaient bien avec les lignes directrices relatives aux pratiques cliniques auprès de ceux présentant des problèmes de santé mentale autodéclarés plus importants, et qui ont besoin de services de santé mentale plus intensifs.
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Volume 41 • Number 1 • January 2022
Pages: 46 - 61
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Ashley Radomski, Paula Cloutier, William Gardner, Kathleen Pajer, Nicole Sheridan, Purnima Sundar, and Mario Cappelli. 2022. Planning for the Mental Health Surge: The Self-Reported Mental Health Impact of Covid-19 on Young People and Their Needs and Preferences for Future Services. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
41(1): 46-61. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2022-006
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