ReviewPsychiatry research2020
Impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on mental health of children and adolescents: A narrative review with recommendations.
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659 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,753 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effectiveness of mHealth App-Based Interventions for Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Physical Fitness in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Pooled it
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- Young People's Mental Health Changes, Risk, and Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
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- The Coronavirus Pandemic and Mental Health Presentations of Young Children.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic status and perception of well-being and mental health support: a three-year COVID-19 study in children with psychopathology and their parents.Pediatric research · 2026Article
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- The relationship between public health emergencies and suicidal ideation: the mediating role of fear of missing out and the moderating role of conscientiousness.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Not all heroes wear capes: a photovoice exploration of youth experiences during and beyond COVID-19.BMC public health · 2026Article
- HIV care interruptions, mental health, and the potential for mHealth interventions among adolescents and young adults with HIV in Uganda.AIDS research and therapy · 2026Article
- Incidence trends and clinical management of self-harm in adolescents and young adults in catalonia: primary care cohort study (2013-2022).European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Implementing PROMEHS to Foster Social and Emotional Learning, Resilience, and Mental Health: Evidence from Croatian Schools.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Traumatic experiences and depression among Haitian caregivers: Evidence from the Grandi Byen study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has brought about a sense of fear and anxiety around the globe. This phenomenon has led to short term as well as long term psychosocial and mental health implications for children and adolescents. The quality and magnitude of impact on minors is determined by many vulnerability factors like developmental age, educational status, pre-existing mental health condition, being economically underprivileged or being quarantined due to infection or fear of infection.
aimsThis paper is aimed at narratively reviewing various articles related to mental-health aspects of children and adolescents impacted by COVID-19 pandemic and enforcement of nationwide or regional lockdowns to prevent further spread of infection. METHODOLOGY: We conducted a review and collected articles and advisories on mental health aspects of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. We selected articles and thematically organized them. We put up their major findings under the thematic areas of impact on young children, school and college going students, children and adolescents with mental health challenges, economically underprivileged children, impact due to quarantine and separation from parents and the advisories of international organizations. We have also provided recommendations to the above.
conclusionThere is a pressing need for planning longitudinal and developmental studies, and implementing evidence based elaborative plan of action to cater to the psycho social and mental health needs of the vulnerable children and adolescents during pandemic as well as post pandemic. There is a need to ameliorate children and adolescents' access to mental health support services geared towards providing measures for developing healthy coping mechanisms during the current crisis. For this innovative child and adolescent mental health policies policies with direct and digital collaborative networks of psychiatrists, psychologists, paediatricians, and community volunteers are deemed necessary.
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