Student Drug Behaviour and Mental Health during COVID-19: Survey findings

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Understanding university students' relationship with drugs and state of mental health during COVID-19

NeuroSight has conducted a survey in collaboration with SSDP UK on students’ drug behaviour and mental health during COVID-19 between the 30th of October and 13th of December 2020. The survey aimed to understand the behaviours, attitudes and beliefs of students surrounding drugs in order to design effective policies and interventions at universities to keep students safe from drug-related harm.

The key findings exploring the relationship between drug use and mental health in more detail as well as insights about how to approach the design of relevant interventions were presented separately at a webinar.

The report below presents all descriptive results. Contents include:

  • Definitions

  • Methodology

  • Demographics

  • Mental health

  • Illicit drugs: Illicit drug use, Planning and motivations, Accidents, effects and concerns, Accessing drugs, Perceptions on the level of illicit drug harms

  • Legal drugs: Alcohol use, Planning and motivations, Accidents, effects and concerns, Nicotine and caffeine use

  • Non-drug users

  • Support at university

  • Emergency situations and concerns for wellbeing

 

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Suggested citation: NeuroSight. Student Drug Behaviour and Mental Health during COVID-19: 2020. 2021. [Online]. Available from: https://neurosight.co/en/insights/student-drug-use-covid-19

NeuroSight provides research services for organisations wanting to understand their target population. Please get in touch with arda@neurosight.co for more information.

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