Psychological and psychiatric impact of COVID-19 pandemic among children and adolescents.
Acta Biomed
; 91(4): e2020149, 2020 11 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1059607
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
COVID-19 outbreak and the unprecedent measures imposed by the government, including quarantine and social distancing, cause psychological distress in children and adolescents.METHODS:
we review literature about mental health effects of COVID-19 pandemic by using the keywords "COVID-19", "coronavirus", "pandemic", "mental health", "psych*", "adolescent" and "child".RESULTS:
early evidence show high prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents, due to the pandemic itself, to social isolation and to parents' stress. High grade students, females and low-income families are at higher risk to develop psychiatric symptoms. Psychological distress can be reduced by maintaining contact with peers through social networks and by accurate updates provided by the government through the mass media. Online resources such as information about mental health education and preventive measure, video-counselling, telemedicine and telepsychiatry services, can be useful to reduce the psychosocial effects of the novel coronavirus.CONCLUSION:
there is urgent need to plan new strategies for early psychological interventions in order to reduce the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents mental health status.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quarantine
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Physical Distancing
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COVID-19
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Biomed
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Abm.v91i4.10870
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