El impacto del COVID-19 en la salud mental de los jóvenes universitarios

Abstract

The isolation dictated by health authorities around the world, as a preventive measure against the contagion and spread of Covid-19, caused cases of depression, stress or feelings of anguish in young people who attended school regularly. The purpose of this work is to show the perception of a group of young university students, from the Mexican southeast, about the new study modalities and the complications to access the so-called CTIs. What we found among the students was mostly a feeling of discomfort regarding the imposition of distance classes, as well as a recognition of the traditional teachinglearning processes, that is, a revaluation of the school as a space not only for the transmission of knowledge but of socialization and reaffirmation of human bonds. It is concluded that the forced “virtualization” of the classes did not consider the unequal access to the internet and the needs at home of the university students.