How COVID-19 worsened the mental health problems of incarcerated youth
Navigating students' mental health in the wake of COVID-19: Using public health crises to inform research and practice
; : 57-74, 2023.
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| APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-2317782
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 transformed daily life worldwide. To minimize the spread of the virus, many governments imposed a lockdown and physical distancing measures. Schools, universities, restaurants, shops, and businesses all closed. Research has shown that the mandatory stay-at-home orders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected the mental health of parents, children, and youth. This chapter considers how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of youth behind bars in the United States and in other countries. The longstanding impression of prisons is that the people in custody are violent, dangerous, and deserve to be incarcerated. Even incarcerated youth are viewed by many in society as super-predators. Most incarcerated youth have significant mental health needs. Incarcerated youth often suffer from a variety of mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation. When incarcerated youth show symptoms of COVID-19 or are diagnosed with it, juvenile correctional facilities are faced with few options for quarantine that do not resemble solitary confinement. Because of concern regarding the high transmissibility of COVID-19 in juvenile prisons, most prison administrators suspend visitors or greatly restrict the number of people entering the facilities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
anxiety; COVID-19 pandemic; depression; incarcerated youth; juvenile correctional facilities; mental health; physical distancing; post traumatic stress disorder; substance abuse; suicidal ideation; *Drug Abuse; *Juvenile Justice; *Mental Health; *Psychological Consequence; *Physical Distancing; *Incarcerated; Criminal Rehabilitation & Penology [3386]; Human Childhood (birth-12 yrs); Adolescence (13-17 yrs); Adulthood (18 yrs & older); Costa Rica; Mexico; US
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Navigating students' mental health in the wake of COVID-19: Using public health crises to inform research and practice
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2023
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