ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2021
Children's Psychological Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Practice Elements Used in Child Mass Trauma Interventions: A Systematic Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Pooled it
- Substance Use Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Pooled it
- The mediating role of self-compassion and growth mindset in the relationships between multifaceted factors and youth suicidality in Hong Kong.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and substance use behaviors among people with HIV - a mixed method analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- The real-world evidence to the effects of primary psychological healthcare system in diluting risks of suicide ideation in underrepresented children/adolescents: an observational, multi-center, population-based, and longitudinal study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Mental Telehealth Utilization Patterns Among High School Students from Racial and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds Affected by Violence and Substance Use.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Implementation of a Novel Epidemiological Surveillance System for Children's Mental Health and Well-Being in France: Protocol for the National "Enabee" Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.MMWR supplements · 2023Article
- Parental Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Outcomes and Risk and Protective Factors.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Review
- [Challenges of and Responses to Mental Health Problems in the Post-COVID-19 Era].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2023Review
- Implication of COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescent Mental Health: An Analysis of the Psychiatric Counseling from the Emergency Room of an Italian University Hospital in the Years 2019-2021.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The Associations Between Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, Internalizing Symptoms, and Academic Performance in Children With Reading Disorder: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.Journal of attention disorders · 2022Article
- Trauma and US Minority Children and Youth.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health Care of Children and Adolescents in Switzerland: Results of a Survey among Mental Health Care Professionals after One Year of COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Remembering history: Autobiographical memory for the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, psychological adjustment, and their relation over time.Child developmentArticle
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis paper reviews the literature on the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and the reactions of vulnerable children. RECENT
findingsResearch reveals increases in clinically significant depression, suicidal ideation and behavior, and some anxiety symptoms. Substance use studies suggest an inadvertent decrease in substance use in some youth though findings are inconsistent across substances and for males and females. Children with pre-existing emotional and behavioral problems are especially vulnerable though some children appear to improve in the context of public health measures which have decreased the stresses associated with school and socialization. In addition, children with pre-existing problems are likely to have established resources and relationships that may protect them relative to other children. COVID-19 has had a major effect on the mental health of children around the world, but findings should be considered preliminary until more rigorous research has been conducted.
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