Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Scotland on Vulnerable Groups
Study exploring ways in which some people have been disproportionately affected by the negative mental health impact of the pandemic and the consequences of lockdowns.
The study, Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Scotland on Vulnerable Groups, has shown that inequalities experienced by some, including lone parents, Black And Minority Ethnic communities, refugees, and people with long term physical health conditions, have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
The study was a collaboration between the University of Strathclyde and the Mental Health Foundation Scotland. The statistics reported in this briefing come from Waves 4-7 of the larger longitudinal study led and funded by the MHF referenced above where data is being collected from over 2,000 people in every wave across Scotland since March 2020. The surveys are conducted online by YouGov. Qualitative evidence took the form of 30 in-depth interviews also conducted online to further explore our quantitative findings. This focused upon the impact of the pandemic on three groups of vulnerable people, namely those with long term physical health conditions (LTPHC), mental ill health (LTMH) and low-income single parent families (SPF)
