L'impact de COVID-19 sur la Santé Mentale des Etudiants: Scoping Review

Background. The level of anxiety and stress among university students has always been a public health issue. Social factors and problems of the modern world (including the COVID-19 pandemic) actualize the need to implement a scoping review on the topic "L'impact de COVID-19 sur la santé mentale des étudiants" in order to clarify the boundaries of the subject domain. There are a large number of scoping reviews on our chosen topic, which usually focus on students from a particular domain or young people from a particular continent or country. Our work is devoted not only to generalization, but also to identifying information gaps connected with types of diagnosis confirmed at young people. Purpose. The purpose of this scoping review is a comprehensive analysis of mental disorders related to the effects of COVID-19 on the nervous system between 2020 and 2022. Materials and Methods. This review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR guidelines for research and study selection. Sources published between 2020 and 2022 were searched in the Scopus database. Original articles and searches were selected that strictly corresponded to the subject of this review. Results. This review included 51 studies out of 250 search results. In the studies reviewed, it was found that the main symptoms observed in young people who sought psychological help during the COVID-19 pandemic were anxiety, depression and stress. In addition, most patients complained of sleep disturbances, PTSD and the development of phobias. Conclusion. This scoping review observes the literature related to student mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. The review identified a number of key trends that demonstrate the growing importance of the theme under consideration both in the scientific community and in everyday life.