Towards mental health friendly cities during and after COVID-19

Authors

Moitreyee Sinha, citiesRISE, New York, USA
Manasi Kumar, University of Nairobi
Lian Zeitze, citiesRISE, New York, USA
Pamela Y. Collins, University of Washington
Suresh Kumar, Harvard University
Steve Fisher, Community Works, Melbourne, Australia
Nathaniel Foote, Harvard University
Norman Sartorius, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs Geneva, Switzerland
Helen Herrman, Moi University
Lukoye Atwoli, Aga Khan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

Internal Medicine (East Africa); Brain and Mind Institute

Abstract

COVID-19 and the resultant stringent control measures have increased social isolation, loneliness, and domestic violence, and generated feelings of uncertainty, fear, anxiety, and hopelessness. Over the past two years, citiesRISE, a global platform that engages youth leadership in mental health system reform, has developed a holistic model for youth mental health and operationalized it through the Mental Health Friendly Cities (MHFC) framework. Using this framework, we surveyed youth from the five cities early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and identified critical needs, based on which we recommend research and programming priorities towards post-COVID-19 Mental Health Friendly Cities.

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Cities & Health

Recommended Citation

Sinha, M., Kumar, M., Zeitze, L., Collins, P. Y., Kumar, S., Fisher, S., Foote, N., Sartorius, N., Herrman, H., Atwoli, L. (2020). Towards mental health friendly cities during and after COVID-19. Cities & Health, 1-4.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_intern_med/151