According to World Health Organization Survey, COVID- 19 pandemic has disrupted the
lives of millions of people around the globe and the demand for mental health services has been
on the rise in most counties. The pandemic triggered vast lockdown and the entire population had
to go in isolation (Shroff & Becker, 2021).
Thesis statement:
The experience of COVID-19, breakdown of social support, loss of jobs and the stigma
behind the disease has affected many peoples mental health while others have resulted to
substance abuse
Major disruptions due to COVID-19 that has led to mental problems
1. In the United States forty-five percent of adults have reported experiencing stress and
anxiety and the number is likely to increase as the pandemic continues to spread.
2. In the United Kingdom approximately thirty-three percent of the residents Have said to
experience anxiety since the beginning of the pandemic.
3. Young adults have experienced closure of schools and loss of jobs resulting to poor
mental health.
4. Different nations have experienced economic downturns and hence lacking enough
resources to sustain the country.
THESIS AND OUTLINE 3
5. People of color- for instance the Hispanic and Latinos have suffered the effects of the
pandemic and accessing mental health services have become a challenge
6. Many essential workers such as nurses are at a high risk of contracting the virus.
Why people have turned to substance abuse
1. The pandemic was not expected therefore, most people had not prepared both financially
and emotionally for the period.
2. With government enacting lockdown in most countries the economic status was affected
greatly and most business could not retain their workers hence most individual were
sacked or retrenched from their jobs.
3. With families to feed, bills to take care of and no income coming in, most individuals
resulted to abuse of drugs as a way to occupy their minds and not face the reality that was
happening (Panchal et al, 2020).
4. Most individuals that turned to substance abuse after the pandemic have had to deal with
loss of property due to lack of funds to finance mortgages, family breakup and loss of
jobs.
While writing my thesis statement I started with the introduction followed by the thesis
statement and with this it has been easy to build on the body.
