Mental health of university students through a pandemic event: what lessons did we learn?
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The COVID-19 pandemic affected the social, and educational fields. These effects had a significant impact on the mental health of university students causing loneliness and isolation. The absence of face-to-face classes and limited social interactions, lack of physical contact, aggravated their mental distress. Many Universities implemented online psychological counseling services and online psychoeducational groups focusing on anxiety-management interventions. These services played a vital role in providing support to students. These measures could be interpreted as a signal that scholastic environments are becoming more receptive to the mental wellbeing of their students. The increase of interest in student’s mental health during the pandemic brought to the development and implementation of innovative tools. The efforts toward a supportive academic environment should not be discontinued in the future, instead it could be beneficial to further potentiate them.