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Exploring Mental Health Challenges Among Students from India During the Covid-19 Crisis

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The coronavirus pandemic's lockdown may have aggravated psychological problems. The extent to which social isolation might impair mental health is largely unknown. During the COVID-19 lockdown in India and after the lockdown was lifted, we gathered speculative data regarding students' mental wellbeing. We collected numerous data from students studying in different institutions to determine their mental health condition in the time of lockdown compared to before lockdown. Those exhibited worse depressed symptoms during lockdown than they had six months prior, with students without a psychological assessment being the most impacted. Students are not likely to have a therapeutically notable exacerbation of episodes, although roughly a percentage of our target population may acquire more severe depression symptoms. This work backs up the idea that lockdown might exacerbate depressive symptoms, but it also shows that when the lockdown was lifted, any alterations swiftly dissipated, and the psychological status was discovered to be dissimilar to how it had been recorded prior to closure.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18617138

Authors: Dhama, Mansoon, Sengupta, Eshan

Institutions: Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Language: English

Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7128730723

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