ArticleJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2021
Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on screen media use in patients referred for ADHD to child and adolescent psychiatry: an introduction to problematic use of the internet in ADHD and results of a survey.
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- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on movement behaviours of children and adolescents: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2022Pooled it
- The Association Between the Impact of COVID-19 and Internalizing Problems Among Children and Adolescents with ADHD: The Moderating Role of Parental Anxiety.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Digital Media-related Problems Contributing to Psychiatric Hospitalizations Among Children and Adolescents Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Use of and Attitudes Toward Technology Among Young People Living With HIV in San Francisco: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Looking Back After the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Parents' View on Screen Media Use, Psychopathology, and Psychological Burden in a Clinical Sample of Children and Adolescents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Content Analysis of the Portrayal of Prescription Stimulants on TikTok.Journal of attention disorders · 2025Article
- Change in screen time and overuse, and their association with psychological well-being among US-wide school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) years 2018-21.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's occupations.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOT · 2023Review
- Relations between Video Game Engagement and Social Development in Children: The Mediating Role of Executive Function and Age-Related Moderation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The challenges of screen time in children with typical development and children with developmental disorders during COVID-19 pandemic.Translational pediatrics · 2023Article
- Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Leisure Screen Time and Eating Habits of Japanese High School Students: A Comparison between before and during the Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and family situation of clinically referred children and adolescents in Switzerland: results of a survey among mental health care professionals after 1 year of COVID-19.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2022Article
- Structural Equation Modeling (SEM): Gaming Disorder Leading Untreated Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder to Disruptive Mood Dysregulation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Smartphone addiction risk, technology-related behaviors and attitudes, and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Screen time and adolescents' mental health before and after the COVID-19 lockdown in Switzerland: A natural experiment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Joys or Sorrows of Parenting During the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Scoping Review.Public health reviews · 2022Article
- Children and Adolescents with Disabilities and Exposure to Disasters, Terrorism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Scoping Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Article
- Poor Mental Health in Caregivers of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Relationships with Caregivers' Difficulties in Managing the Children's Behaviors and Worsened Psychological Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown have been associated with multiple consequences for mental health, including an excessive and potentially harmful increase in screen media use. The specific consequences for children, adolescents and young adults with ADHD are still unknown. In the first part of this study, a short review of problematic use of the internet (PUI) in ADHD is presented, showing that patients with ADHD are at risk for different aspects of PUI, such as excessive gaming or problematic social media use. In the second part, we report original data of an online survey on screen media use before, during and after the lockdown completed by parents of children and adolescents clinically referred for ADHD. Parents rated children's/adolescents' media-related behavior and media time on a new screening questionnaire for PUI. Each item was rated three times, referring to the observed behavior before, during and 1-2 months after the lockdown. N = 126 parents of patients referred for ADHD aged 10-18 years participated in the study. Total media time increased by 46% during the lockdown and did not completely return to pre-Corona levels afterwards. Patients with difficulties concentrating, high irritability or deterioration of ADHD problems under lockdown spent more time with screen media than those with milder or no such problems. While the effects of the lockdown on screen media use and its negative impact on everyday life appear to be largely reversible, a small proportion of patients with ADHD apparently continue to show increased media use.
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