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COVID‐related distress, mental health, and substance use in adolescents and young adults

BACKGROUND: This study examined the impact of COVID‐related disruptions on mental health and substance use in young people residing in a state with an initially lower COVID burden and earlier reopening of in‐person learning than other states. METHODS: Data come from Waves 3 (Fall 2019) and 4 (Fall 2...

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Autores principales: Villanti, Andrea C., LePine, S. Elisha, Peasley‐Miklus, Catherine, West, Julia C., Roemhildt, Maria, Williams, Rhonda, Copeland, William E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9018497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35253363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/camh.12550
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author Villanti, Andrea C.
LePine, S. Elisha
Peasley‐Miklus, Catherine
West, Julia C.
Roemhildt, Maria
Williams, Rhonda
Copeland, William E.
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LePine, S. Elisha
Peasley‐Miklus, Catherine
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Copeland, William E.
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description BACKGROUND: This study examined the impact of COVID‐related disruptions on mental health and substance use in young people residing in a state with an initially lower COVID burden and earlier reopening of in‐person learning than other states. METHODS: Data come from Waves 3 (Fall 2019) and 4 (Fall 2020) of the Policy and Communication Evaluation (PACE) Vermont, an online cohort study of adolescents (ages 12–17) and young adults (ages 18–25). Participants in Wave 4 (212 adolescents; 662 young adults) completed items on COVID‐related stressors, the impact of the pandemic on their substance use, brief mental health scales, and past 30‐day substance use. Analyses examined correlational and longitudinal relationships between COVID‐related stressors, mental health symptoms, and substance use. RESULTS: More than 60% of participants noted negative effects of the pandemic on their physical, emotional, and social well‐being, with greater impacts of COVID‐related stressors in young adults than adolescents. There were significant increases in depressive (OR 1.31, 95% CI 1.03, 1.66) and anxiety symptoms (OR 1.34; 95% CI 1.10, 1.64) in young adults between Fall 2019 and Fall 2020. Higher overall COVID Impact scores were associated with higher odds of depressive and anxiety symptoms, as well as past 30‐day electronic vapor product use, in adjusted cross‐sectional and longitudinal models. CONCLUSIONS: Robust associations between COVID‐related distress, mental health, and substance use outcomes in young people signal the opportunity to increase evidence‐based interventions while adding novel approaches to minimize longer‐term harms of the pandemic on mental health in adolescents and young adults.
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spelling pubmed-90184972022-05-17 COVID‐related distress, mental health, and substance use in adolescents and young adults Villanti, Andrea C. LePine, S. Elisha Peasley‐Miklus, Catherine West, Julia C. Roemhildt, Maria Williams, Rhonda Copeland, William E. Child Adolesc Ment Health Original Articles BACKGROUND: This study examined the impact of COVID‐related disruptions on mental health and substance use in young people residing in a state with an initially lower COVID burden and earlier reopening of in‐person learning than other states. METHODS: Data come from Waves 3 (Fall 2019) and 4 (Fall 2020) of the Policy and Communication Evaluation (PACE) Vermont, an online cohort study of adolescents (ages 12–17) and young adults (ages 18–25). Participants in Wave 4 (212 adolescents; 662 young adults) completed items on COVID‐related stressors, the impact of the pandemic on their substance use, brief mental health scales, and past 30‐day substance use. Analyses examined correlational and longitudinal relationships between COVID‐related stressors, mental health symptoms, and substance use. RESULTS: More than 60% of participants noted negative effects of the pandemic on their physical, emotional, and social well‐being, with greater impacts of COVID‐related stressors in young adults than adolescents. There were significant increases in depressive (OR 1.31, 95% CI 1.03, 1.66) and anxiety symptoms (OR 1.34; 95% CI 1.10, 1.64) in young adults between Fall 2019 and Fall 2020. Higher overall COVID Impact scores were associated with higher odds of depressive and anxiety symptoms, as well as past 30‐day electronic vapor product use, in adjusted cross‐sectional and longitudinal models. CONCLUSIONS: Robust associations between COVID‐related distress, mental health, and substance use outcomes in young people signal the opportunity to increase evidence‐based interventions while adding novel approaches to minimize longer‐term harms of the pandemic on mental health in adolescents and young adults. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-03-06 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9018497/ /pubmed/35253363 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/camh.12550 Text en © 2022 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. This article is being made freely available through PubMed Central as part of the COVID-19 public health emergency response. It can be used for unrestricted research re-use and analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source, for the duration of the public health emergency.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9018497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35253363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/camh.12550
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