ArticleHeliyon2022
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of school-going adolescents: insights from Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Adolescent Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Systematic Review of Risk and Protective Factors.Journal of adolescence · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of mental health symptoms in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A meta-analysis.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Household-related stress, intimate partner violence and mental health: exploring the syndemic in urban slum women in Bangladesh during Covid-19 pandemic.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Post-COVID-19 internet addiction, depression, and pornography addiction among adolescents: Findings from a nationwide study in Bangladesh.Health science reports · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccination success in Bangladesh: Key strategies were prompt response, early drives for vaccines, and effective awareness campaigns.Health science reports · 2023Article
- The psychological impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the wellbeing, learning efficacy and sleeping behaviors of Romanian medical students.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2023Article
- Evidence of mental health-related morbidities and its association with socio-economic status among previously hospitalized patients with symptoms of COVID-19 in Bangladesh.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Positive Childhood Experiences and Depression Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- The mental health of adolescents following the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.Asian journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- The Relationship Between Adjustment and Mental Health of Chinese Freshmen: The Mediating Effect of Security and the Moderating Effect of Gender.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Lived experiences of adolescents with major depressive disorder during the COVID pandemic: A qualitative study from a tertiary care center.Journal of neurosciences in rural practiceArticle
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Abstract
The pandemic has affected every walk of life, and mental health is no exception. Bangladesh has been operating under a resource crisis, and this crisis has incurred and is incurring a governance priority dilemma. Unending vacations of the educational institutions are taxing our students' mental serenity, and among those, adolescents are more vulnerable. Unending leaves of the educational institutions are taxing our students' mental peace, and among those, adolescents are more susceptible. Across the globe, a good number of studies have been performed, and Bangladesh is no exception. However, adolescents have received less attention in those studies, and this paper fills the gap. This explorative study opted for a qualitative method that covered data collection like in-depth interviews among 60 respondents. This study aims to simultaneously unveil the causes of mental dissonance among adolescents and the impact of infection prevention measures (e.g., lockdown) on adolescents' mental health in the capital city of Bangladesh. This study also recommends a possible way out of this crisis. The study revealed that prolonged school closure, fear of the disease, disruption in education, excessive use of digital devices, and the culture of ignoring adolescents' mental health are responsible for pausing detrimental effects on adolescents' mental health. Adolescents suffered from mental health issues like stress, anxiety, depression, and sleeping disorders during the lockdown.
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