University students, schools grapple with mental health impacts of isolation

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Post-secondary students at Canadian universities are largely studying in isolation this fall as COVID-19 restrictions stay in place for the new semester.

Students are dialling in from new homes in their university towns or from cities far from campus at a time in their lives when experts say the mental health impacts of social isolation are particularly acute.

That makes coping with public health restrictions on gatherings tougher for the demographic than for others, she said. "They were right in the midst of this developmental stage: connecting with others, meeting potential partners," Heath said. "It was shut down and that was tremendously impactful." As students grapple with isolation and other upheaval in their lives during the pandemic, universities have made efforts to advertise remote counselling options through social media channels, email and other means.

"We've been in situations where we're meeting with a group of students ... and were surprised that services continued," Mittelstaedt said. "We got kind of clued in a few times that we really do have to be very active in our communication." "The students who are not connected because they relocated from somewhere, or they changed programs or something, those students are getting lost," Heath said. "These young people need that opportunity and we need to give it to them in a safe way."

 

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CTVAtlantic Our lefty governments could care less.

It’s not just students. People in general are suffering.

Add it to the pile. Just another consequence that will be ignored in favour of prioritizing reducing the only risk area that matters: Covid, a disease the vast majority of these students and the population at large are not really that threatened by. Unbelievable.

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