SynthesisCurrent psychiatry reports2022
Substance Use Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review.
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- Substance use and adolescent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a longitudinal approach.Jornal de pediatriaTrial
- Temporal Relationships between Smartphone Application Use and Online Substance Procurement in U.S. Youth.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Sleep Quality and Associated Lifestyle Factors Among Medical Students Before and After the COVID-19 Era-A Comparative Study from Romania.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Substance use amongst individuals with internet gaming disorder and gaming disorder: A scoping review.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- Non-medical opioid (NMO) use in Canadian adolescents: Trends, risk factors, and regional variations.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Trends in Hospital Admissions for Psychoactive Substance Intoxication Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in Slovenia, 2013-2023.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Adolescents' awareness of and attitudes towards alcohol and substance use in Kenya.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Self-reported changes in adolescent mental health, deliberate self-harm, substance use, and help-seeking behavior before and after the COVID-19 pandemic - A Finnish time-trend study.Child and adolescent mental health · 2026Article
- Trends of incident stimulant use disorder diagnoses before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia (2013-2024): a population-based study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Socio-cultural context as a protective factor: regional disparities in adolescent mental health in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Gender-based determinants of psychological distress among emerging adult students in coastal Karnataka: a cross-sectional study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and substance use behaviors among people with HIV - a mixed method analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- The Association Between Adolescent Mental Health Symptoms and Characteristics of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- The attendance paradox: schools as ambivalent spaces of adolescent substance use.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Clustering of adolescents' health behaviors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining transitions and the role of demographics and parental health behaviors.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Sex-stratified Correlates of Cyberbullying among Thai Adolescents: Insights from a School-based National Survey during COVID-19 Epidemic.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Young people's experiences and strategies for improving their awareness and access to mental health and substance use health services.BMC public health · 2025Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic, Parental Protective Factors, and Substance Use Onset Among Early Adolescents in Appalachia.AJPM focus · 2025Article
- Exploring the relationship between lifestyle factors and depressive symptoms in Korean adolescents amid the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewTo review the literature on the trends in substance use among youth during the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. RECENT
findingsThe pandemic has given rise to concerns about the mental health and social well-being of youth, including its potential to increase or exacerbate substance use behaviors. This systematic review identified and included 49 studies of use across alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, e-cigarettes/vaping, and other drugs, and unspecified substances. The majority of studies across all categories of youth substance use reported reductions in prevalence, except in the case of other drugs and unspecified drug and substance use, which included three studies that reported an increase in use and three studies that reported decrease in use. Overall, the results of this review suggest that the prevalence of youth substance use has largely declined during the pandemic. Youth substance use in the post-pandemic years will require monitoring and continued surveillance.
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