In June 2020, 31 percent of 16 to 39 year olds reported experiencing moderate to severe symptoms of depression, prior to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown around 11 percent of those aged between 16 and 39 years reported depression symptoms. Across all adults, signs of depression has more than doubled when compared with before the pandemic.
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Change in symptoms of depression before and during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Great Britain from July 2019 to June 2020, by age
According to the source: "The change in depressive symptoms refers to adults who have experienced a change in depression before and during the pandemic (July 2019 to June 2020). Change in symptoms can refer to any of these four options:
Improvement of depressive symptoms - Refers to someone who had moderate to severe symptoms before the pandemic and no or mild symptoms during the pandemic.
Developed moderate to severe depressive symptoms - Refers to someone who had no or mild symptoms before the pandemic and moderate to severe symptoms during the pandemic.
Continued to experience no or mild depressive symptoms - Refers to someone who had no or mild symptoms before and during the pandemic.
Continued to experience moderate to severe depressive symptoms - Refers to someone who had moderate to severe symptoms before and during the pandemic.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 19, 2020). Change in symptoms of depression before and during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Great Britain from July 2019 to June 2020, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166045/depression-due-to-lockdown-in-great-britain-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Change in symptoms of depression before and during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Great Britain from July 2019 to June 2020, by age." Chart. August 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166045/depression-due-to-lockdown-in-great-britain-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2020). Change in symptoms of depression before and during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Great Britain from July 2019 to June 2020, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166045/depression-due-to-lockdown-in-great-britain-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Change in Symptoms of Depression before and during The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic in Great Britain from July 2019 to June 2020, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166045/depression-due-to-lockdown-in-great-britain-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Change in symptoms of depression before and during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Great Britain from July 2019 to June 2020, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166045/depression-due-to-lockdown-in-great-britain-by-age/ (last visited June 26, 2022)
