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Dec 14, 2020
A new University of Cape Town (UCT) study into the emotional well-being of young people during the Covid-related lockdown in South Africa has revealed that majority are suffering from depression.
In South Africa, more than seven million young people aged 18 to 35 already live in income poverty and close to 10-million are not in education, employment or training. These young people typically experience a multitude of deprivations – such as food insecurity, poor health and geographic exclusion.
These deprivations and their intersections – income poverty influences food security, which again impacts on health, for instance – complicate young people’s transitions from adolescence to adulthood.
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A UCT study on the emotional well-being of the youth during the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa has revealed that majority are suffering from depressive symptoms.
About 72% of the participants showed symptoms of depression.
Income and job losses, the fear of contracting the virus, breakdown in social interactions, and increased uncertainty about the future are likely to trigger mental health problems.
A University of Cape Town study on the emotional well-being of the youth during the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa has revealed that the majority are suffering from depressive symptoms.
The study conducted by Dr Gibson Mudiriza and Associate Professor Ariane De Lannoy at the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (Saldru) at UCT assessed the prevalence of, and factors associated with, depressive symptoms among young people aged 18 to 35.