Child and adolescent mental illness during COVID-19: A rapid review
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“The COVID-19 pandemic has also been associated with adverse mental health effects in young people, including increased feelings of depression and anxiety (O ’ Sullivan et al., 2021; Racine et al., 2020).”
- Authors
- Racine, N., Cooke, J. E., Eirich, R., Korczak, D. J., McArthur, B., & Madigan, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Madigan, Sheri
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 292
- Pages
- 113307
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7363598
- OpenAlex
- W3043399947
- Cited by
- 383
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 88 · 2022: 97 · 2021: 119 · 2020: 18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Canada Research Chairs
- Alberta Innovates
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, risk factors, protective factors, mental health prevalence, school closures, social disruption
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adolescent, Child, China, Health Status, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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