British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, 400-1045 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2A9, Canada.
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 317-2194 Health Sciences Mall (Woodward Instructional Resource Centre), Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Feb;59(2):222-232. doi: 10.1007/s10597-022-01000-1. Epub 2022 Jun 28.
While young adults experienced mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about how their mental health needs were subsequently met through access to mental health services (MHS). From October to December 2020, we conducted an online survey of young adults (18-29 years) living in Canada and France to investigate factors associated with unmet MHS needs. Of the 3222 participants expressing a need to access MHS (50.7% of the total sample), 58.2% in Canada and 74.8% in France reported unmet MHS needs. In both countries, those who identified as men and those who lost income due to COVID-19, were more likely to report unmet MHS needs. In Canada, participants from Quebec, those living in rural areas, and those who experienced ethno-racial discrimination had higher odds of reporting such unmet needs. Urgent investments are needed to improve access to MHS for young adults during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
尽管年轻人在 COVID-19 大流行期间经历了心理健康挑战,但对于他们如何通过获得心理健康服务来满足这些需求,人们知之甚少。2020 年 10 月至 12 月,我们对居住在加拿大和法国的年轻人(18-29 岁)进行了一项在线调查,以调查与未满足的心理健康服务需求相关的因素。在表示需要获得心理健康服务的 3222 名参与者中(占总样本的 50.7%),加拿大有 58.2%和法国有 74.8%的人表示未满足心理健康服务需求。在这两个国家,自认为是男性的人和因 COVID-19 而失去收入的人更有可能报告未满足的心理健康服务需求。在加拿大,魁北克省的参与者、居住在农村地区的人和经历过种族歧视的参与者报告存在这种未满足需求的可能性更高。需要紧急投资来改善 COVID-19 大流行期间和之后年轻人获得心理健康服务的机会。