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Coronavirus and Mental Health - Your Wellbeing Can Be Someone Else’s Survival - Blog

Author(s): Booysen, C

Journal: Voices of Youth Blog

Pages: 1pp
Crisis Types: Epidemics and Pandemics
Sectors: Health and Nutrition
Resource types: Commentaries
Additional Themes: COVID-19; Psychosocial Support
Languages: English
Organisations: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Formats: Short read
Population Groups: Children and Youth
Collections: COVID-19 Response Collection; Learning from crises; Topics

Date published: March 2020

A youth's perspective on mental health in the COVID crisis, in particular it discusses the tension between mental strength being a person's greatest asset and weakness in challenging circumstances.

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https://www.voicesofyouth.org/blog/coronavirus-and-mental-health-your-wellbeing-can-be-someone-elses-survival

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