ArticleJournal of health monitoring2023
Changes in mental health in the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic - Results of a rapid review.
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- Effectiveness of Online and Remote Interventions for Mental Health in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
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- Generational differences in mental health and drivers of youth mental health decline in Australia and the United Kingdom.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Young Adults with Chronic Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison with Healthy Peers, Risk and Resilience Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 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
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- Psychosocial stress in families of young children after the pandemic: no time to rest.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Reciprocal impact of mental health and quality of life in children and adolescents-a cross-lagged panel analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Subjective health and psychosomatic complaints of children and adolescents in Germany: Results of the HBSC study 2009/10 - 2022.Journal of health monitoring · 2024Article
- Trends in health inequalities in childhood and adolescence in Germany: Results of the HBSC study 2009/10 - 2022.Journal of health monitoring · 2024Article
- The change of psychosocial stress factors in families with infants and toddlers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal perspective on the CoronabaBY study from Germany.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Exploring the effect of environmental sensitivity on emotional fluctuations among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a three-wave longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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- Young People and the Future: School Students' Concerns and Hopes for the Future after One Year of COVID-19 in Austria-Findings of a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Easing pandemic-related restrictions, easing psychosocial stress factors in families with infants and toddlers? Cross-sectional results of the three wave CoronabaBY study from Germany.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
- Mental Health and Physical Complaints of German Children and Adolescents before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: This rapid review examines changes in the mental health of the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The basis are 39 publications, which were identified by means of systematic literature search (until 19.11.2021) and manual search. The databases of the included publications were systematized with regard to their representativeness for the general population, and the indicators used were categorized with regard to the depicted constructs and their reliability. Results: The large majority of the studies took place at the beginning of the pandemic until the summer plateau 2020. Representative studies mainly reported high levels of pandemic-related stress, increases in mental health problems, and negative impacts on the quality of life. Non-representative studies showed mixed results. Vulnerable groups could only be identified to a limited extent. Both routine and care-related data showed declines in the outpatient and inpatient service utilisation during the various waves of the pandemic followed by catch-up effects. Children and adolescents turned out to be more vulnerable during the pandemic compared to adults, but their stress levels varied with the waves of the pandemic and the related containment measures. Conclusions: A future forward-looking crisis and pandemic management requires a close-knit and continuous surveillance of the mental health of children as well as an improved identification of risk groups.
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