Mental Health Status of High School Students

in the midst COVID-19 Pandemic: A

Phenomenology

Chapter 1
Introduction
This pandemic is really unexpected, Many people were really affected, Many
things have changed and learned something, The Covid 19 Pandemic lasted for 2
years and counting, If I'm gonna be asked on what is my perspective about the
government's fight for covid, I would say that it is not that good because it lasted
for more than 2 years and until now. Our country is a developing country, so we
are not prepared, but this pandemic could have been prevented if the president
planned and think of a good way instead of using great words and disregarded the
covid because we are "powerful", The governments response is not that really
good, many people suffered, Many people died, and some didn't even prioritized
the health of the people.
Imagine, we lived with covid for 2 years and more? A lot of people also loss their
jobs and can't find a way to feed their family. COVID-19 has turned the world
upside down. Everything has been impacted. How we live and interact with each
other, how we work and communicate, how we move around and travel. Every
aspect of our lives has been affected. Although the world is in lockdown,
governments, epidemiologists, school principals, entrepreneurs and families
around the world are already planning the next steps: how to safely reopen
schools and businesses, how to commute and travel without transmitting or
contracting infection, how to support those most affected by the crisis – the
millions who have lost their livelihoods or their loved ones, how to ensure the
already serious inequalities don’t deteriorate further. Countries need to achieve
the optimal balance between fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and maintenance
of essential health services.
Who has been coordinating efforts across several regions and departments to
support country implementation of targeted actions to reorganize and maintain
access to safe and high-quality essential health services across the life course.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the capacity of health
systems to continue the delivery of essential health services. While health
systems around the world are being challenged by increasing demand for care of
COVID-19 patients, it is critical to maintain preventive and curative services,
especially for the most vulnerable populations, such as children, older persons,
people living with chronic conditions, minorities and people living with disabilities.

The pandemic presents tough choices. National and regional governments, local
communities, health and school systems, as well as families and businesses are
being forced to take many difficult decisions: How to re open safely? How to
safeguard people’s lives and protect their livelihoods? Where to allocate scarce
resources? How to protect those unable to protect themselves? Answers to
questions like these will affect our short-term success in battling the virus and
could have impacts for generations to come. This pandemic is really unexpected,
Many people were really affected, Many things have changed and learned
something.

Here are five ways the big picture for global health will be different as a result of
COVID-19.
1. Freedom of movement of people and goods could be restricted
The pandemic has set the processes of globalization into reverse. The aviation
industry has been devastated, global trade may fall by as much as a third, and
new barriers to freedom of movement including closed borders and quarantine
requirements are now almost universal across the globe. Travelling by air may
never be the same, and airlines are unlikely to be able to sell seats directly next to
each other for some time.
2. It could lead to more outbreaks of other infectious diseases
With global supply chains under pressure, the transport industry suffering, and
strict restrictions on movement, it has already become more difficult to get
healthcare supplies to where they are needed. Transport issues and logistical
barriers are also having an impact on the supply of some existing vaccines, which
threatens to disrupt routine immunization programmers. This could lead to drops
in immunization coverage that sets countries back decades.
3. The private sector may see a permanent shift towards stakeholder capitalism
Since it began, this coronavirus has caused a global collapse in markets,
skyrocketing unemployment, radical shifts in business models and ways of
working, and a level of government intervention in economies that has not been
seen for decades. The pandemic has accelerated the need for a new model for
capitalism, moving beyond shareholder value at all costs towards focusing more
on a broader set of stakeholders including employees, customers, communities,
and broader society.
4. Global health innovation could accelerate
With the global focus on defeating COVID-19, one possible silver lining is a boost
to technology and innovation directed at global public health. There are currently
an unprecedented number of academic, private and public collaborations,
partnerships and initiatives all directed at the issue of developing technologies
that can help with the pandemic and help accelerate the development of a
vaccine. Bill Gates writes that three innovations in particular will see accelerated
progress: This acceleration of interest and engagement in solving global health
problems could provide a new permanent infrastructure that will provide major
benefits to future generations.
5. Immunization efforts could be strengthened as a COVID-19 vaccine is
developed and deployed
The coronavirus pandemic is proof, if any more were needed, that vaccination is
critical to global security. Getting our economies and societies working again
requires everyone to be safe from COVID-19 and an effective and widely
distributed vaccine will be a critical contributor to this.
The progress, collaboration, partnerships and information that is generated could
in the long-term strengthen support for existing vaccination programmers. At the
same time, there is a risk that vaccination programmers that are not directly
COVID-19-related will suffer as attention and resources are siphoned into novel
coronavirus.

• How Pandemic Affected the World

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and
presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the
world of work. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is
devastating: tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty,
while the number of undernourished people, currently estimated at nearly 690
million, could increase by up to 132 million by the end of the year.
The pandemic has been affecting the entire food system and has laid bare its
fragility. Border closures, trade restrictions and confinement measures have been
preventing farmers from accessing markets, including for buying inputs and
selling their produce, and agricultural workers from harvesting crops, thus
disrupting domestic and international food supply chains and reducing access to
healthy, safe and diverse diets.

• How Pandemic affected the Mental Health of people?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns about mental health and substance use
have grown, including concerns about suicidal ideation. In January 2021, 41% of
adults reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder (Figure 2), a
share that has been largely stable since spring 2020. Nowadays there are a lot of
people whose their mental health is unstable, Personally during the pandemic I
experience mental health problems like overthinking and anxiety, and through
this research I want to also know what others felt during also this pandemic.
 I know that by this topic We can raise awareness to people especially to the
people who just ignore the youth’s problems, some people think that mental
health problems are just a joke or something that is created by an individual on
his mind only. I want to know how did they cope up with it and what are the
things that have been affected by this problems.
Mental distress during the pandemic is occurring against a backdrop of high rates
of mental illness and substance use that existed prior to the current crisis. Prior to
the pandemic, one in ten adults reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive
disorder. Throughout the pandemic, anxiety, depression, sleep disruptions, and
thoughts of suicide have increased for many young adults.
They have also experienced a number of pandemic-related consequences – such
as closures of universities, transitioning to remote work, and loss of income or
employment – that may contribute to poor mental health.

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