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ArticleCureus2021

Chronic Pediatric Pain and Mental Illness During the COVID-19 Era: A Case Series From Inpatient Child Psychiatry Unit.

Ankit Jain, Sage Gee, Srikrishna V Malayala, Christopher W Laboe

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ankit JainPsychiatry & Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA.
Sage GeePsychiatry & Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA.
Srikrishna V MalayalaInternal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA.
Christopher W LaboePsychiatry & Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA.
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · USTemple University Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists following tissue injury or disease processes and is believed to have taken place after healing. It is a functional impairment that causes discomfort and leads to the inability to perform various essential daily activities. Chronic pain in pediatrics can be of various types, the most commonly prevalent types being headaches, abdominal pain, and limb pain. Adolescents with chronic pain have been found to have generalized anxiety scores twice that of the average population, along with significant impairment of family dynamics. Some forms of chronic pain respond effectively to medication and psychotherapy, and recurrence is common when stress is triggered by external or environmental factors, most recently in the form of COVID-19. In this case series, we discuss three cases of worsening mental health presentations and chronic pain exacerbation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk about the unique perspective of chronic pain in the pediatric population and comorbid mental illnesses and their management from a psychiatric standpoint.

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childhood anxiety disorderchronic pain managementcognitive behavioral therapycovid-19depressionintervention and psychotherapy for children and adolescentspsychodrama and group therapy

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PMID34987917
PMCPMC8716159
OpenAlexW3217546907

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