Anxiety and depression issues among young people were already on the rise, but during the COVID-19 pandemic this trend accelerated. The number of young people in the Netherlands at a high risk of anxiety or depressive disorder rose sharply between 2020 and 2022. This has emerged from a study of Dutch and international research into trends in young people’s mental health, conducted by the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (Nivel) and RIVM.
The study consisted of a review of the scientific literature combined with an analysis of existing Dutch data from the Health Monitor for Adults and the Elderly. The results of the study have been incorporated into a scientific article and a fact sheet for Dutch policymakers.
Read the full news report about this study on the Nivel website.
About the study
The literature review is part of the Integrated COVID-19 Health Monitor of the Network for Health Research in Disasters (GOR Network). This network is made up of RIVM, Nivel, the ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre, the local Municipal Public Health Services, and the Netherlands Municipal Public Health Services and Medical Assistance in Accidents and Disasters (GGD GHOR). The project is subsidised on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw).