‘Hello, we can’ do it

Mental health: Like working adults, students are struggling to cope with the pandemic. – AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

IMMEDIATE intervention must be introduced to help young adults cope with their declining mental health amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Higher education institution students, particularly those aged between 18 and 25, are challenged by the pandemic in many ways, said University Malaya Specialist Centre (UMSC) consultant psychiatrist Assoc Prof Dr Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin.