The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the negative trend in young people's mental health
Nivel and RIVM conducted a review of international and Dutch research into trends in young people's mental health. This shows that even before the corona pandemic, there was an increase in anxiety and depression among young people. Furthermore, the majority of the data consulted shows that this trend accelerated during the pandemic: the number of young people in the Netherlands at high risk of anxiety or depression rose sharply between 2020 and 2022.
