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Editor, Senior Moderator
Can J Public Health
. 2022 Jan 28.
doi: 10.17269/s41997-021-00567-8. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 and the impacts on youth mental health: emerging evidence from longitudinal studies
Nicholas Chadi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Natalie Castellanos Ryan[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Marie-Claude Geoffroy[SUP] 5 6 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
in English, French
Several experts have warned that the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated confinement measures may have taken a devastating toll on youth mental health. While the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly created important challenges for children and youth, these claims vastly rely on cross-sectional data collected during the pandemic, from which it is difficult to draw firm conclusions. In this commentary, we offer a critical appraisal of the evidence from emerging longitudinal studies spanning the pre- and intra-pandemic period with a focus on internalizing and externalizing disorders, suicidality, eating disorders and substance use. We also discuss important research considerations in the monitoring of the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health as well as promising interventions to help mitigate potential long-lasting consequences of this unprecedented public health crisis.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Children; Longitudinal; Mental health; Youth.
. 2022 Jan 28.
doi: 10.17269/s41997-021-00567-8. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 and the impacts on youth mental health: emerging evidence from longitudinal studies
Nicholas Chadi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Natalie Castellanos Ryan[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Marie-Claude Geoffroy[SUP] 5 6 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35089589
- DOI: 10.17269/s41997-021-00567-8
Abstract
in English, French
Several experts have warned that the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated confinement measures may have taken a devastating toll on youth mental health. While the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly created important challenges for children and youth, these claims vastly rely on cross-sectional data collected during the pandemic, from which it is difficult to draw firm conclusions. In this commentary, we offer a critical appraisal of the evidence from emerging longitudinal studies spanning the pre- and intra-pandemic period with a focus on internalizing and externalizing disorders, suicidality, eating disorders and substance use. We also discuss important research considerations in the monitoring of the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health as well as promising interventions to help mitigate potential long-lasting consequences of this unprecedented public health crisis.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Children; Longitudinal; Mental health; Youth.