UK Equity Crowdfunding Success: The Impact of Competition, Brexit and Covid-19

This paper studies the impact of competition, Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic on UK equity crowdfunding success. Using data from Crowdcube, we account for competition from different angles, varying from within the platform and between Crowdcube and its competitors, while controlling for various campaign and firm characteristics. Our sample period, 2011-2020, covers two unprecedented events, Brexit and the Coronavirus outbreak. We find that competition and the pandemic are positively related to crowdfunding success, while Brexit appears to impose a detrimental impact on small and medium enterprises' (SMEs') equity financing via online crowdfunding. Our results highlight the bright-side effect of competition, in which crowdfunding investors could back different campaigns and do not appear to be drawn away by contemporary campaigns in other competitive marketplaces. Investors were also reportedly more active during the pandemic. As SMEs are likely to be most negatively impacted by Brexit, future policy interventions to stimulate capital investment and replace European funding remain crucial to moderate uncertainties.

Hazardous alcohol use among Danish adolescents during the second wave of COVID-19: Link between alcohol use and social life

Background: Adolescent drinking has historically been closely linked to social events, and across many countries, students typically increase drinking rates when they transition to upper secondary school. COVID-19-related restrictions offered a unique possibility to examine how changes in social life impact adolescent drinking in the transition to upper secondary school. Aim: The current study investigated changes in hazardous alcohol use, social life and well-being among Danish first-year students (mean age = 16.8 years) during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic when restrictions gradually became more intensified. Methods: Data were collected at two time points among 352 Danish students in the first months of upper secondary school (August and November 2020). Multilevel regression models tested changes across time on past 30 days hazardous alcohol use (dependent variables). Separate models tested whether changes in alcohol use were related to gender, social interaction, loneliness and mental health. Results: During increased COVID-19-related restrictions in the second wave, students decreased the frequency and quantity of drinking (number of drinking days and binge drinking), which was associated with attending fewer parties. Students also reported less high-intensity drinking and fewer alcohol-related consequences. Students reported better mental health, but more students were affected by loneliness. Changes in mental health or loneliness were not related to reduced hazardous alcohol use. Conclusion: Our results provide evidence that alcohol use decreased among Danish students transitioning to upper secondary school during the COVID-19 pandemic when restrictions increased, thereby providing support for a close link between adolescent alcohol use and social life;this is an important frame that is relevant when designing interventions to promote healthier and less risky choices throughout the next phase(s) of the pandemic and in general.

Increase of nutritional security in Sub-Saharan Africa through the production of dried products from underutilized crops

Currently, an estimated 20% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa is food insecure with the incidence of hunger and malnutrition still rising. This trend is amplified by the socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast, more than a third of the harvestable perishable produce is lost due to a lack of preservation or failure to utilize preservation as is the case for underutilized crops (UCs). Moreover, some of the preservation techniques utilized are poor, leading to the deterioration of food quality, especially the micronutrients. In this study, we thus exemplarily investigated the impact of different drying settings on the quality of two highly nutritious UCs, namely cocoyam and orange-flesh sweet potato (OFSP) (40, 60, and 80 °C for cocoyam and 40, 50, 60, and 70 °C for OFSP) to deduce the optimum quality retention and further develop a theoretical design of processing units and processing guidelines for decentralized food processing. Drying cocoyam at 80 °C and OFSP at 60 °C, respectively resulted in a relatively shorter drying time (135 and 210 min), a lower total color difference (2.29 and 11.49-13.92), greater retentions for total phenolics (0.43 mg GAE/100 gDM and 155.0-186.5 mg GAE/100 gDM), total flavonoid (128 mg catechin/100 gDM and 79.5-81.7 mg catechin/100 gDM) and total antioxidant activity (80.85% RSA and 322.58-334.67 mg AAE/100 gDM), respectively for cocoyam and OFSP. The β-carotene, ascorbic acid and vitamin A activity per 100 gDM of the OFSP flours ranged between 6.91- 9.53 mg, 25.90 − 35.72 mg, and 0.53 − 0.73 mg RAE, respectively. © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Unintended consequences of knowledge management during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021: the case of Netflix

Purpose: Unintended consequences of knowledge management (KM) can be harmful if they are calamitous. However, they can occasionally be advantageous during catastrophes. The purpose of this study is to investigate how KM can be accidentally propitious during the COVID-19 pandemic using the case of Netflix. Design/methodology/approach: Explanatory factor analysis, multilevel and multiple regressions were used with a sample of 45 countries. Findings: In the authors' sample, the hypothesized direct relationship between culture (i.e. individualism, power distance and indulgence) and collective pandemic resilience (CPR) was found. In addition, the hypothesized moderating effect of Netflix KM on the relationship between culture and CPR was partially confirmed. The findings suggest that KM during the pandemic can generate an unintended consequence of intensifying the degree of CPR. Research limitations/implications: Small sample size, data paucity and the constructed variable of CPR might limit the generalizability of this study's results. Nonetheless, one important research implication is that KM qua unintended consequences can have a significant moderating effect on the relationship between culture and resilience. Practical implications: This paper highlights how organizations and society can cocreate the value of KM accidentally for the benefit of a larger public during calamities. Also, firms should proactively search for a wider application of their KM beyond their original intention. Originality/value: This paper initiates a new discussion of positive consequences of unintended KM. Unlike individual-level studies of collective resilience in the past, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this study generates country-level implications for the first time. © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.

Employer branding under COVID-19 pandemic in Russian companies

An integrated approach to employer branding during COVID-19 pandemic based on employer branding orientation is considered in this article. The empirical study in employer branding was conducted in Russian companies in 2020. The research object was the HR professionals from Russian medium-sized and large companies. Using the data from the descriptive survey, the number of strategic (employer branding orientation, employer branding strategy, employer value proposition) and operational (communication programs, communication channels and content) features in employer branding in Russian companies during COVID-19 pandemic were identified.

Risk factors and the psychological impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak: perspectives and experiences of Iranian healthcare workers on the frontline.

Frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) looking after COVID-19 patients are at high risk of developing mental health problems. Both preventive and interventional initiatives are essential, therefore, to maintain and improve the mental health of HCWs and ultimately to enhance the quality of care that they provide. This qualitative content analysis study, conducted in Iran between September 2020 and February 2021, involved the gathering of data on the issue through face-to-face interviews with 22 HCWs working directly with COVID-19 patients. Data analysis led to the generation of 163 codes, 45 categories (16 risk factors and 29 consequences), and 9 themes. Overall, the results suggest that caring for a patient with COVID-19 is associated with positive and negative psychological impacts. Measures such as increasing sensitivity to crisis situations, self-adjustment skills training, and identifying signs of job burnout owing to moral conflicts can reduce or eliminate the risk of negative psychological consequences among HCWs.

Long-Term Consequences of COVID-19 Disease Specific to Women: Exploratory Research.

This study was designed to explore COVID-19 in a biopsychosocial model, taking into account the different mental and social consequences of the disease in women and men. A sociodemographic questionnaire containing anthropometric data, socioeconomic data, lifestyle data, health status before COVID-19, course of COVID-19, symptoms, and complications after COVID-19 was administered to 83 women and 64 men to investigate their mental health (MH) and quality of life (QoL). The Hospital Anxiety (HADS-A) and Depression (HADS-D) Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) were adopted. Abnormal results in HADS-D and HADS-A were obtained in 33 (39.8%) women and 10 (15.6%) men and in 26 (31.3%) women and 14 (21.9%) men, respectively. Women experienced a lower level of QoL than men. The prolonged duration of COVID-19 symptoms was associated with increased anxiety in women during recovery. Good self-reported health before COVID-19 in women was associated with reduced QoL. Women had more symptoms of COVID-19 than men, and they experienced neurological complications more often. The presence of neurological complications in women appears to be associated with increased perceived anxiety and reduced QoL. This is an exploratory study whose results can influence future research with larger and more diverse samples.

Sociodemographic, economic, physical, and mental health status of previously hospitalised patients with COVID-19 symptoms in Bangladesh: Protocol for a mixed-method study.

Introduction: Not much is known about the long-term consequences of COVID-19, popularly known as long COVID. This is particularly so in terms of patterns and clusters of symptoms over time, sociodemographic and economic characteristics of patients, and related clinical history. This is crucial for resource-constrained health systems such as Bangladesh to address long COVID as a forthcoming challenge. This protocol aims to investigate the consequences of COVID-19 over time for physical and mental health and how these are associated with demographic and socio-economic factors. Methods and analysis: This mixed-method study collected information on all patients with symptoms of COVID-19 admitted to and discharged after recovery from a COVID-19-dedicated hospital in Bangladesh (N = 942), from April to December 2020. The sources of data were admission records and discharge certificates from the hospital for clinical history, cross-sectional survey on physical and mental health (assessed by DASS21 scale)-related symptoms and socioeconomic changes after recovery, and qualitative in-depth interviews on experiences of COVID-19. Interviews were conducted over the phone. Quantitative analysis was done to estimate the prevalence of physical and mental health consequences of COVID-19 after recovery and the association with socio-economic and demographic information. The qualitative analysis was performed using a thematic analysis approach. Discussion: It is imperative to understand the post-COVID consequences and related health and non-health aspects to inform evidence-based policymaking, especially for resource-poor contexts such as Bangladesh. Given the dearth of evidence in this regard, the proposed study will contribute to bridging this knowledge gap. It is important to note that this study is one of the few which presents information on post-COVID-19 consequences in the context of low- and middle-income countries and the first in Bangladesh.

Review of SARS-COV-2 Systemic Impact: Building the Case for Sepsis via Virus in the Circulatory System.

SARS-COV-2 can contribute to long term consequences associated with sepsis and circulatory dysfunction. In this insightful paper, we highlight the emerging pathophysiology utilizing two case examples. Both systemic and organ specific features are discussed. In addition, a novel laboratory assay is presented that identified SARS-COV-2 in the circulation using conserved SARS ion channels rather than the spike protein. The presentation is linked to the pathophysiology with the emphasis for early recognition and continued research. This paper will serve as a catalyst for continued discovery.

A Time to Get Vaccinated? The Role of Time Perspective, Consideration of Future Consequences, Conspiracy Beliefs, Religious Faith, Gender, and Race on Intention to Vaccinate for COVID-19 in the United States.

The present study examined the predictability of Time Perspective (TP) tendencies (i.e., Past Positive, Past Negative, Present Hedonistic, Present Fatalistic, and Future), the Balanced Time Perspective (BTP) profile, the Consideration of Future Consequences-Immediate (CFC-I) factor, the Consideration of Future Consequences-Future (CFC-F) factor, conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 being a hoax, religious faith, gender, and race on COVID-19 vaccination intention as a dependent variable. Participants were recruited in the United States through the online platforms Prolific and Google Forms. The final sample was n = 232 (n = 99 male, n = 129 female, and n = 2 other, Mage = 31). Outcome measures included sociodemographic questions, the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory-short version, the Consideration of Future Consequences (CFC) ultra-short scale, the COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs questionnaire, and the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire-brief version. Regression analyses revealed that vaccination intention was reduced by gender identification as woman, identification as multiracial or from mixed origin, Past Positive, Deviation from a BTP profile, belief in COVID-19 as hoax, and religious faith. Conversely, intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 was increased by Past Negative, CFC-I, and CFC-F. These findings could be beneficial for knowledge transfer to behavioral interventions aimed to promote vaccination against COVID-19, health promotion campaigns, and the public health field.

Social, economic and environmental implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to global lockdowns that severely curtailed economic activity. In this study, we set out to examine the social, economic, and environmental ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a rare project that will have far-reaching consequences for the field. There are five sets of issues: short-term effects on oil and economic and agricultural policies, including regulations and COP26; long-term implications of monetary and fiscal intervention and investment in green agreements on future generations; prospects for further de-globalization and its effect on climate change and nature; and intergenerational environmental consequences, including debt and polling.

Redemption from SRHRM under COVID-19: How business threat due to COVID-19 affects employee insomnia via hope and workplace anxiety

Existing studies show that the COVID-19 pandemic influences employee outcome in the work domain. However, the impact of business threat due to COVID-19 on employee daily insomnia remains unexplored. Addressing this research gap can help scholars understand the risks of COVID-19 in the non-work domain. Drawing on appraisal theories of emotion, we explore how and when business threat due to COVID-19 triggers employee insomnia. Using an experience sampling methodology where 89 employees are surveyed for 7 workdays, our multilevel analyses show that employee daily hope and workplace anxiety mediate the effects of business threat due to COVID-19 on employee insomnia. Furthermore, socially responsible human resource management (SRHRM) practices weaken the negative relationship between business threat due to COVID-19 and employees' hope and mitigate the positive relationship between business threat due to COVID-19 and their workplace anxiety. We also find that SRHRM practices influence the indirect effect of business threat due to COVID-19 on employee insomnia via workplace anxiety. Our study helps understand the underlying mechanisms in the relationship between business threat due to COVID-19 and employee insomnia and further sheds light on the role of SRHRM in mitigating the destructive effect of business threat due to COVID-19.

Canada's Cannabis Legalization with Strict Public Health Control: Lessons for Germany?

:Aims: To describe the impact of the legalization of cannabis for recreational use under strict public health control in 2018 on the following outcomes: cannabis use and use patterns, attributable harm, economic considerations. Methodology: Narrative review based on government documents, surveys, and published literature. Results: The 12-month prevalence increased after legalization and has decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Little change in prevalence for adolescents. Persons with daily use remained stable. No rigorous studies on changes in attributable health harm, but some indication that harm, as measured in prevalence of cannabis use disorders, treatment rate, and attributable traffic injury remained stable. No data yet available for cancer. Cannabis attributable emergency visits increased, including among children (poisoning). Cannabis-related offences decreased as biggest public health gain. Economic predictions were not realized, and there is some pressure from cannabis industry to loosen public health regulations in order to increase use. Conclusions: Overall, while not achieving its main objectives of more youth protection and decreases in cannabis-attributable health harm, legalization with strict public health control resulted in less cannabis-related offences and up to now did not seem to increase cannabis-attributable disease burden. (English) [ FROM AUTHOR]

Hospital readmissions of patients with COVID-19: causes, features, outcomes

Introduction. On average, 10% of patients hospitalized due to new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) will be readmitted. To date, the reasons for readmission and the characteristics of these cases are not fully presented. The aim of the study was to analyze readmissions of COVID-19 patients to identify the causes of readmission, clinical features, examination data and treatment outcomes. Materials and methods. The study was performed retrospectively by using electronic records of the medical cases of the St. Petersburg City Hospital of St. George. Inclusion criteria: 1) the presence of two or more hospitalizations during 2020–2021;2) COVID-19 confirmed by polymerase chain reaction within 14 days before or during the first hospitalization, or the detection of changes in the lungs with a high probability associated with COVID-19 during primary computed tomography. One hundred and two people met the specified criteria. Results. In 85% of cases, the cause of re-admission was symptoms of respiratory infection;in 13% – thrombotic events (pulmonary embolism, acute cerebrovascular accident, deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities);12% – severe pain syndrome of various localizations;11%-infectious and inflammatory processes;9% – antibiotic-associated diarrhea;5% – atrial fibrillation and less often other pathologies. Patients with respiratory symptoms had a high degree of respiratory failure, an increase in the volume of affected lung tissue and an increase in the content of various markers of inflammation in the blood when compared with the data of the initial examination. Nine percent of patients died during hospitalization. Conclusions. The leading cause of repeated inpatient treatment of COVID-19 patients were symptoms of reactivation of the infection with a number of indicators of a greater severity of this "second wave” of the disease. Further studies are required to reduce the risk of repeated inpatient treatment. © 2022, Remedium Group Ltd. All rights reserved.

Early career researchers and predatory journals during the Covid-19 pandemic. An international analysis

Around 170 early career researchers (ECRs) from 8 countries were interviewed about the whole range of their scholarly communication attitudes/behaviours during pandemic times and this paper analyses what they said about predatory journals in a wide range of scholarly communication contexts. Because of the delicacy of the topic there was just one question exclusively directed at predatory journals, which asked about policies rather than actions, which yielded nevertheless wide-ranging comments on the topic. ECRs also volunteered information on predatory journals in another half dozen questions, most notably including one on questionable research practices. The source of data was mainly the final interview of three undertaken, with some comparisons made to rounds one and two. Findings disclose the existence of a whole raft of formal and informal assessment policies/codes that direct ECRs to legitimate journals and away from predatory ones. Despite being junior, ECRs are very accultured to the criteria of what is considered as prestige and quality and believe predatory publishing is not even conceivable. They are far more concerned about low-quality research, preprints and borderline ‘grey' journals. The pandemic has increased the level of questionable practices and low-quality research, but predatory journals were only singled out by a relatively small number of ECRs. © 2023, El Profesional de la Informacion. All rights reserved.

AI-app development for Yolov5-based face mask wearing detection

Corona is one of the most destructive viruses that has ever produced a pandemic in human life, not only in terms of direct victims but also in terms of the socio-economic consequences of the virus' transmission. The 2nd anniversary of the global coronavirus pandemic passed away in 2021. However, it's still impossible to say how long the epidemic will last. After reviewing a study by the World Health Organization on COVID-19, the country's national government urged residents to use facemask in order to reduce the incidence of COVID-19 transmission. As a result of COVID-19, there are presently no facemask detection app that are in great demand for ensuring safety in public area. In the context of the outbreak of COVID-19, A facemask detection model based on deep learning approach of state-of-the-art YOLOv5 may be useful in real-time applications. In this paper, we propose a web app for detecting if the people wears facemask or not in real-time via webcam or public camera. In the app, we deployed and persisted many different YOLOv5-based models that the users can switch between them to guarantee the performance and timing trade-off. Furthermore, our system is able to detect if an individual person captured by surveillance cameras is wearing facemask in acceptable counting time at staging level. In our opinion, this kind of system is extremely efficient for use in airports, train stations, offices, and other public areas, as well as in military. © 2022 IEEE.

Analysis of pharmacovigilance databases for spontaneous reports of adverse drug reactions related to substandard and falsified medical products: A descriptive study.

Introduction: The public health threat of substandard and falsified medicines has been well known in the last two decades, and several studies focusing on the identification of products affected and preventing consumption have been published. However, the number of these products reaching patients and causing health consequences and adverse drug reactions is not a well-researched area. Objectives: Our aim was to identify and describe the characteristics of cases that are related to adverse drug reactions potentially originating from counterfeit medication using publicly available pharmacovigilance data. Methods: A descriptive study was performed based on pharmacovigilance data retrieved from Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) identified in the European Medicines Agency's EudraVigilance and FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) databases in April 2022 using selected MedDRA preferred terms: counterfeit product administered, product counterfeit, product label counterfeit, product packaging counterfeit, suspected counterfeit product, adulterated product, product tampering, and suspected product tampering. ICSRs were analyzed by age and gender, by year of reporting, region of origin, reporter's profession, and severity of the outcome. The disproportionality method was used to calculate pharmacovigilance signal measures. Results: A total of 5,253 cases in the FAERS and 1,049 cases in the EudraVigilance database were identified, generally affecting middle-aged men with a mean age of 51.055 (±19.62) in the FAERS and 64.18% of the cases between 18 and 65 years, while the male to female ratios were 1.18 and 1.5. In the FAERS database, we identified 138 signals with 95% confidence interval including sildenafil (n = 314; PRR, 12.99; ROR, 13.04; RRR, 11.97), tadalafil (n = 200; PRR, 11.51; ROR, 11.55; RRR, 10.94), and oxycodone (n = 190; PRR, 2.47; ROR, 2.14; RRR, 2.47). While in the EV data 31, led by vardenafil (n = 16, PRR = 167.19; 101.71-274.84; 95% CI, RRR = 164.66; 100.17-270.66; 95% CI, ROR = 169.47; 103.09-278.60; 95% CI, p < 0.001), entecavir (n = 46, PRR = 161.26, RRR = 154.24, ROR = 163.32, p < 0.001), and tenofovir (n = 20, PRR = 142.10, RRR = 139.42, ROR = 143.74, p < 0.001). Conclusion: The application of pharmacovigilance datasets to identify potential counterfeit medicine ADRs can be a valuable tool in recognition of potential risk groups of consumers and the affected active pharmaceutical ingredients and products. However, the further development and standardization of ADR reporting, pharmacovigilance database analysis, and prospective and real-time collection of potential patients with health consequences are warranted in the future.

Hospital readmissions of patients with COVID-19: causes, features, outcomes

Introduction. On average, 10% of patients hospitalized due to new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) will be readmitted. To date, the reasons for readmission and the characteristics of these cases are not fully presented. The aim of the study was to analyze readmissions of COVID-19 patients to identify the causes of readmission, clinical features, examination data and treatment outcomes. Materials and methods. The study was performed retrospectively by using electronic records of the medical cases of the St. Petersburg City Hospital of St. George. Inclusion criteria: 1) the presence of two or more hospitalizations during 2020–2021;2) COVID-19 confirmed by polymerase chain reaction within 14 days before or during the first hospitalization, or the detection of changes in the lungs with a high probability associated with COVID-19 during primary computed tomography. One hundred and two people met the specified criteria. Results. In 85% of cases, the cause of re-admission was symptoms of respiratory infection;in 13% – thrombotic events (pulmonary embolism, acute cerebrovascular accident, deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities);12% – severe pain syndrome of various localizations;11%-infectious and inflammatory processes;9% – antibiotic-associated diarrhea;5% – atrial fibrillation and less often other pathologies. Patients with respiratory symptoms had a high degree of respiratory failure, an increase in the volume of affected lung tissue and an increase in the content of various markers of inflammation in the blood when compared with the data of the initial examination. Nine percent of patients died during hospitalization. Conclusions. The leading cause of repeated inpatient treatment of COVID-19 patients were symptoms of reactivation of the infection with a number of indicators of a greater severity of this "second wave” of the disease. Further studies are required to reduce the risk of repeated inpatient treatment. © 2022, Remedium Group Ltd. All rights reserved.

[Non-utilisation of medical services during the COVID-19 pandemic among persons with chronic diseases]. / Nichtinanspruchnahme medizinischer Leistungen in der COVID-19-Pandemie bei Personen mit chronischen Erkrankungen.

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic is also impacting the medical care for other diseases. The extent to which people with chronic diseases are affected by the suspension of medical services is investigated-differentiating between patient and provider perspectives. METHOD: A cross-sectional study was conducted based on data from the longitudinal Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS). The study population was all HCHS participants (a sample of the population of Hamburg, 45-74 years) between April 2020 and November 2021. Utilisation of medical services was collected via the "COVID-19-module" of the HCHS. The chronic conditions included cardiovascular disease, kidney and lung disease, cancer and diabetes mellitus; analyses were descriptive and multivariate. RESULTS: Of the 2047 participants, 47.9% had at least one previous illness. Of those with pre-existing conditions, 21.4% had at least one healthcare service suspended or an appointment cancelled. In addition, 15.4% stated that they decided by themselves not to attend a doctor's appointment. Specialist care services (43.8% of all cancellations) were cancelled more frequently than general practitioner care (16.6%). After adjustment for age, gender and education, lung disease (OR 1.80; p < 0.008) and cancer (OR 2.33; p < 0.001) were found to be independent risk factors for appointment cancellations by healthcare providers. Of cancellations by patients, 42.2% were due to their fear of an infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV­2. DISCUSSION: Health policy and the media are faced with the challenge of dealing with fears of infection in the population in such a way that they do not lead to an avoidance of necessary care services.

Conflict in Kashmir: Psychosocial consequences on children

Armed conflict in Kashmiri has negatively impacted all inhabitants of the valley, but most serious effects are seen on children. Conflict has filled the tender hearts of children with anger and frustration, and they have lost their peace of mind. Health, which is mostly valuable for a child, is crippled by armed conflict, and children suffer from psychological problems of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic disorder, etc. It has taken away from them the happy period of childhood and left them stressed with a number of adult responsibilities. Some are left in orphanages as they have lost their caretakers at the time when they need them most. Armed conflict is leaving its long-term effect by compromising education of children which is most important for the future development of society. Since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India which gave special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the people of Kashmir remained inside their homes for a prolonged time. During this period, almost everything was suspended including mobile and Internet services, educational institutions, business, transportation. This paper explores how such experiences have affected the mental wellbeing, cognitive, social and emotional development of these children. Non-governmental organizations working in Kashmir should organize special programs to provide counseling/mental health first aid to the affected children and their parents. Overall, the mental wellbeing of children and adolescents should be strengthened and more so during COVID-19 pandemic, which has added mental health burden in the lives of young Kashmiri children. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)