The effects of COVID-19 on child mental health: Biannual assessments up to April 2022 in a clinical and two general population samples.
COVID‐19
child mental health
general population
pandemic
psychiatric care
Journal
JCPP advances
ISSN: 2692-9384
Titre abrégé: JCPP Adv
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9918250414706676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
received:
07
12
2022
accepted:
06
02
2023
medline:
27
9
2023
pubmed:
27
9
2023
entrez:
27
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an acute impact on child mental and social health, but long-term effects are still unclear. We examined how child mental health has developed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic up to 2 years into the pandemic (April 2022). We included children (age 8-18) from two general population samples ( In all samples, parents reported overall increased internalizing problems, but no increases in externalizing problems, in their children. Children from the general population self-reported increased mental health problems from before to during the pandemic on all six PROMIS domains, with generally worst scores in April 2021, and scores improving toward April 2022 but not to pre-pandemic norms. Children from the clinical sample reported increased mental health problems throughout the pandemic, with generally worst scores in April 2021 or April 2022 and no improvement. We found evidence of minor age effects and no sex effects. Child mental health in the general population has deteriorated during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, has improved since April 2021, but has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. Children in psychiatric care show worsening of mental health problems during the pandemic, which has not improved since. Changes in child mental health should be monitored comprehensively to inform health care and policy.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an acute impact on child mental and social health, but long-term effects are still unclear. We examined how child mental health has developed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic up to 2 years into the pandemic (April 2022).
Methods
UNASSIGNED
We included children (age 8-18) from two general population samples (
Results
UNASSIGNED
In all samples, parents reported overall increased internalizing problems, but no increases in externalizing problems, in their children. Children from the general population self-reported increased mental health problems from before to during the pandemic on all six PROMIS domains, with generally worst scores in April 2021, and scores improving toward April 2022 but not to pre-pandemic norms. Children from the clinical sample reported increased mental health problems throughout the pandemic, with generally worst scores in April 2021 or April 2022 and no improvement. We found evidence of minor age effects and no sex effects.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
Child mental health in the general population has deteriorated during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, has improved since April 2021, but has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. Children in psychiatric care show worsening of mental health problems during the pandemic, which has not improved since. Changes in child mental health should be monitored comprehensively to inform health care and policy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37753155
doi: 10.1002/jcv2.12150
pii: JCV212150
pmc: PMC10519731
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e12150Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. JCPP Advances published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
MB is supported by a European Research Council consolidator Grant (WELL‐BEING 771057 PI Bartels). The authors have declared that they have no competing or potential conflicts of interest.
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