ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2021
Challenges for Child Mental Health Raised by School Closure and Home Confinement During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- School-based Mental Health Interventions Targeting Depression or Anxiety: A Meta-analysis of Rigorous Randomized Controlled Trials for School-aged Children and Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Pooled it
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- Substance Abuse and Mental Health: Exploring the Effects on Pediatric Trauma in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era.Cureus · 2025Article
- Changes in internalizing and externalizing problems in Dutch children and adolescents receiving outpatient youth care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
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- School-aged children's movement behaviours and subjective health complaints in Japan: a cross-sectional study during COVID-19 pandemic-related school closures and after school reopenings.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Comprehensive examination of support needs and mental well-being: a mixed-method study of the Austrian general population in times of crisis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Prolonged School Closure and Pediatric Respiratory Hospitalization: The Silver Lining of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
- Kids gone wild - Alcohol use and patient characteristics in pediatric trauma during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.Pediatric investigation · 2023Article
- Examining the impact of a universal positive psychology program on mental health outcomes among Australian secondary students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
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- Critical life course interventions for children and adolescents to promote mental health.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the education of children worldwide. This paper reviews the psychological effects of this action on children and the impact on school-based services. RECENT
findingsEmerging epidemiologic findings have generated an intense debate about the need for, and potential benefit of, school closure in the context of COVID-19. International research reveals reactions in children that are not typically considered in the disaster literature as well as those that arise in other disasters. School closure also has curtailed the delivery of mental health services commonly offered in schools. The debate about school closure will likely persist depending on local disease conditions and school readiness. Moreover, school closure is a possibility in future epidemics and pandemics and other disasters. The benefit of school closure must be balanced against the risk to children's education and psychosocial development.
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