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Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 among Children and College Students: A Systematic Review.
Elharake, Jad A; Akbar, Faris; Malik, Amyn A; Gilliam, Walter; Omer, Saad B.
  • Elharake JA; Yale Institute for Global Health, Yale University, 1 Church St., New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. jad.elharake@yale.edu.
  • Akbar F; Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. jad.elharake@yale.edu.
  • Malik AA; Yale Institute for Global Health, Yale University, 1 Church St., New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
  • Gilliam W; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
  • Omer SB; Yale Institute for Global Health, Yale University, 1 Church St., New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev ; 2022 Jan 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2294658
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a worldwide lockdown and school closures, which have placed a substantial mental health burden on children and college students. Through a systematic search of the literature on PubMed and Collabovid of studies published January 2020-July 2021, our findings of five studies on children and 16 studies on college students found that both groups reported feeling more anxious, depressed, fatigued, and distressed than prior to the pandemic. Several risk factors such as living in rural areas, low family socioeconomic status, and being a family member or friend to a healthcare worker were strongly associated with worse mental health outcomes. As schools and researchers discuss future strategies on how to combine on-site teaching with online courses, our results indicate the importance of considering social contacts in students' mental health to support students at higher risk of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials / Reviews / Systematic review/Meta Analysis Language: English Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S10578-021-01297-1

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials / Reviews / Systematic review/Meta Analysis Language: English Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S10578-021-01297-1