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Patterns of Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
To slow the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the virus causing 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), many state authorities enforced extreme social distancing measures, such as closing schools, implementing online instruction, canceling major events, and limiting socia...
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American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7954538/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33600939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.02.006 |
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author | Ugueto, Ana M. Zeni, Cristian P. |
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description | To slow the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the virus causing 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), many state authorities enforced extreme social distancing measures, such as closing schools, implementing online instruction, canceling major events, and limiting social contact outside families. Such measures have promoted safety but also have severely disrupted the lives of children of all ages. Many youths have missed seminal milestones; have struggled with the challenges of virtual schooling; and have isolated at home with their families, which has eroded opportunities for peer social support, relaxation, and enjoyment. While the consequences of COVID-19 on mental health are still unfolding, the psychological toll of these prolonged social distancing measures in combination with economic hardships and increased parental stress has led to worldwide reports of increased rates of mental health problems,(1,2) trauma, abuse,(3,4) and predicted increases in suicide(5) in youths. |
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spelling | pubmed-79545382021-03-15 Patterns of Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic Ugueto, Ana M. Zeni, Cristian P. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Letter to the Editor To slow the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the virus causing 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), many state authorities enforced extreme social distancing measures, such as closing schools, implementing online instruction, canceling major events, and limiting social contact outside families. Such measures have promoted safety but also have severely disrupted the lives of children of all ages. Many youths have missed seminal milestones; have struggled with the challenges of virtual schooling; and have isolated at home with their families, which has eroded opportunities for peer social support, relaxation, and enjoyment. While the consequences of COVID-19 on mental health are still unfolding, the psychological toll of these prolonged social distancing measures in combination with economic hardships and increased parental stress has led to worldwide reports of increased rates of mental health problems,(1,2) trauma, abuse,(3,4) and predicted increases in suicide(5) in youths. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2021-07 2021-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7954538/ /pubmed/33600939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.02.006 Text en ©2021 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Letter to the Editor Ugueto, Ana M. Zeni, Cristian P. Patterns of Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Patterns of Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Patterns of Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Patterns of Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Patterns of Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Patterns of Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Admissions Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | patterns of youth inpatient psychiatric admissions before and after the onset of the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Letter to the Editor |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7954538/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33600939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.02.006 |
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