Changes in child and adolescent mental health across the COVID-19 pandemic (2018-2023): Insights from general population and clinical samples in the Netherlands.
corona virus
emotional
psychiatry
psychological
questionnaires
teenagers
Journal
JCPP advances
ISSN: 2692-9384
Titre abrégé: JCPP Adv
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9918250414706676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2024
Sep 2024
Historique:
received:
02
09
2023
accepted:
06
11
2023
medline:
16
10
2024
pubmed:
16
10
2024
entrez:
16
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected child and adolescent mental health and at the end of the pandemic (April 2022) child mental health had not returned to pre-pandemic levels. We investigated whether this observed increase in mental health problems has continued, halted, or reversed after the end of the pandemic in children from the general population and in children in psychiatric care. We collected parent-reported and child-reported data at two additional post-pandemic time points (November/December 2022 and March/April 2023) in children (8-18 years) from two general population samples ( In the general population, parents reported no changes in externalizing problems but did report higher internalizing problems post-pandemic than pre-pandemic ( Child mental health problems in the general population are substantially higher post-pandemic compared to pre-pandemic measurements. In children in psychiatric care mental health problems have increased during the pandemic and are substantially higher post-pandemic than at the start of the pandemic. Longitudinal and comparative studies are needed to assess what the most important drivers of these changes are.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected child and adolescent mental health and at the end of the pandemic (April 2022) child mental health had not returned to pre-pandemic levels. We investigated whether this observed increase in mental health problems has continued, halted, or reversed after the end of the pandemic in children from the general population and in children in psychiatric care.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
We collected parent-reported and child-reported data at two additional post-pandemic time points (November/December 2022 and March/April 2023) in children (8-18 years) from two general population samples (
Results
UNASSIGNED
In the general population, parents reported no changes in externalizing problems but did report higher internalizing problems post-pandemic than pre-pandemic (
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
Child mental health problems in the general population are substantially higher post-pandemic compared to pre-pandemic measurements. In children in psychiatric care mental health problems have increased during the pandemic and are substantially higher post-pandemic than at the start of the pandemic. Longitudinal and comparative studies are needed to assess what the most important drivers of these changes are.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39411480
doi: 10.1002/jcv2.12213
pii: JCV212213
pmc: PMC11472795
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e12213Informations 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. All authors have seen and approved the manuscript.