Summer Webinar 2 - Social Trust & Mental Health #GlobalCOVIDStudy
Channel: Global Covid Study UCL-Penn
Date: 2021-07-01

A little bit of stress is good for us, but if prolonged, stress can be harmful both physically and mentally. This second webinar in the series focuses on stress and our mental health and how individuals from the UK compare to those from other countries including the USA, Greece, Italy, and Hong Kong.  
 
The current global COVID-19 pandemic has been, and continues to be, a global stressor for many people. Existing COVID studies have reported high levels of mental health issues, though the evidence is largely cross-sectional, narrowly focused on a few mental health indicators (anxiety, depression, and loneliness). Many studies do not account for the comorbidity between psychological mental health constructs. In this talk, we will build and extend on past findings. We applied network analysis to data collected from two-waves of the study – between April – July 2020 and October 2020 to January 2021 to map out a wide range of mental health symptoms to identify which mental health variable is most influential and should be a target for intervention. This helps us understand who is most vulnerable and in need of help. In this talk we will discuss differences and similarities across age groups, gender, countries (UK vs. other countries) and UK lockdown periods to inform strategies to better cope and recover from this pandemic. Join us to learn about the ways to cope with stress during these challenging times.