COVID-19 pandemic ↔ high school students

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The COVID-19 pandemic is linked to high school students as it serves as the temporal context for studies examining their declining mental health [1], increased sleep deprivation [2], and academic challenges [3].

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Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Chronic Disease - CDC cdc.gov Alberto R. Ramos, Anne G. Wheaton, Dayna A. Johnson · CDC 2 facts

claimSliwa SA, Wheaton AG, Li J, and Michael SL studied the relationship between sleep duration, mental health, and difficulty doing schoolwork among high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic in a 2023 article.

claimSliwa et al. found that a significant proportion of high school students experienced short sleep duration during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was associated with both poor mental health and increased difficulty in doing schoolwork compared to pre-pandemic levels.

How sleep affects mental health (and vice versa) - Stanford Medicine med.stanford.edu Stanford Medicine 1 fact

claimSymptoms of depression among high school students have increased since 2020, and overall teen mental health has worsened since before the COVID-19 pandemic.