Covid Mood’s 17 news stories and accompanying photos and illustrations are by 21 students from a dozen nations on six continents. Together, they interviewed 56 teenagers and young adults in 18 countries and mental health professionals from five different nations. Here are all the stories:
Youth in pandemic: ‘I have felt my mental health spiraling down the drain’
Experts predict post-covid mental health epidemic
Covid’s impact on school: stressed students unable to focus
Sad? Scared? Don’t be afraid to get help
Eating poorly and stuck at home, youth struggle to stay healthy in the pandemic
Counselors: covid causing new mental health issues for youth, making old ones worse
Many youth kept or started exercise routines in the pandemic
Mental health counselors: humans need to be together
Social media is crucial when social distancing
Youth, mental health counselors split on whether ‘glowing up’ is healthy or toxic
Finding ways to cope with quarantine
Many youth following news of covid, others carefully avoid it
Strained family relationships make the pandemic harder to bear
Youth predict that post-covid, people will both need and fear each other
Living through history gets old
Therapists moved online to keep counseling in pandemic
Strategies for coping in a pandemic
