A study on mental health and technology during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Background: This paper examines the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of society and if the use of technology could help curtail this effect. It aims at identifying what mental health problems did people suffer in the pandemic, what technologies the used to overcome it and if they found them effective. Methods: This paper is a survey review. The information is based on a questionnaire on Google forms circulated for all people in the age group of 8-78. The questionnaire included questions about what types of mental illness the candidates had or if they had any, what technologies they used and if they helped them to cope with their problems. Results: The survey indicates most people went through mental health problems during the pandemic and used some kind of technology to overcome the problems they faced or the needs they felt went unmet leading to better mental health of the individual with use of technology as to not having it.