Mental health, psychosocial conditions and youth resistance of Medellín during the Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine

Abstract

The article presents the findings of an investigation that aimed to analyze the psychosocial conditions and forms of resistance that the youth of the city of Medellín Colombia had in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic during the year 2020. From the qualitative research approach, a focus group was implemented as an information gathering strategy. The information collected was analyzed and decanted into groups of meaning that would answer the questions asked. Unemployment, school dropout and psychosocial stress appear as situations that are faced with passive attitudes, resistance or avoidance. Different forms of active and creative resistance emerge as alternatives spontaneously built by this population.