The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the mental health of children and adolescents
Factors that affect closure of schools and health experiences related to covid-19 in the family or community
The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the mental health of children and adolescents, researchers have found, based on an analysis of the results of previous 17 scientific studies.
Studies published in 2020 and 2021 found unusually high rates of anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, suicidal ideation, stress-related disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other mental health problems in children and adolescents during the pandemic.
These studies have shown that individual hobbies, prayers and listening to music are associated with positive effects on the mental health of young people.
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"Mental health problems were more common among those with low socioeconomic status, missing social ties and children without support, living in poor family relationships and with limited mobility," said Dr. M. University of Texas co-author Mahbub Hossein co-authored a report this week on the website MedRxiv before the scientific examination ..
"Factors influencing the occurrence of these problems were, among other things, the closure of schools and 'health experiences related to covid-19 in the family or community.'
"In many places, mental health support in schools and the community and other mental health services have become unavailable or non-existent, making it difficult for children and adolescents to receive timely mental health support," Hossein said.
He added that there was a need for "multidisciplinary efforts to mitigate the immediate and future health and social consequences" of the pandemic on the mental health of children and adolescents.
