Thesis Statement
Following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a disruption of the conventional learning format and the adoption of the emergency online learning formation, causing academic stressors to have a greater effect on learners, resulting in increased occurrence of mental health problems, such as high levels of anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, drug abuse, and suicidality (Grubic et al., 2020; Sone et al., 2020).
Assessment
This section will assess the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on students’ mental health.
Qualitative Assessment : The qualitative assessment supplements the quantitative assessment. The exploration of how COVID-19 has affected how people feel and behave will aid in understanding its psychological effect on students (Browning et al., 2021).
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Quantitative Assessment : The assessment of the quantitative data through the existing epidemiologic data and prevalence statistics will help in the understanding of the correlation between the Coronavirus outbreak and various mental health problems (Sundarasen et al., 2020; Browning et al., 2021). This section will therefore explore the prevalence of various mental health problems due to the pandemic.
Risk Factors: In addition to the qualitative and quantitative assessments, this section will also cover the sociodemographic factors, such as age, gender, academic specialization, and living condition, and how they associate with the prevalence of mental health problems among students (Browning et al., 2021).
Policy Development
Current Policies : This section analyzes the policies and laws set up to alleviate the prevalence of mental health problems among students due to the novel virus.
Congressional Policy : In January 2020, a session was held to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Goldman et al., 2020). The amendment covered the extension and expansion of the community mental health services demonstration program.
State, Local Government, and Federal Executive Policy Response : This section will look at state, local government, and federal executive responses to COVID-19 and how they affect student’s mental health.
Existing Gaps : This section will evaluate the weaknesses of the current policies and legislations.
Recommendation : This section will provide the psychological crisis intervention response to the outbreak. It will explore the passing of bills and law related to fund for new and existing programs to tackle mental health among students on a federal, executive, and Congressional level.
Assurance
This section will analyze the initiatives that can be adopted to improve mental health among students and the general population
Programs and Initiatives
Application of a whole-of-society approach to promote and care for mental health (United Nations, 2020).
Facilitating extensive access to emergency mental health and psychosocial support to students and the rest of the population (Zhang et al., 2020; United Nations, 2020).
Supporting recovery from the novel virus through the construction of mental health services for the future.
Participatory Model
In adopting these initiatives, participatory model will be used to develop culture-specific mental health services.
Conclusion
This section will provide a summary of the paper and present the way forward.
References
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