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Impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on mental health of children and adolescents: A narrative review with recommendations

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Singh, Shweta, Roy, Deblina, Sinha, Krittika, Parveen, Sheeba, Sharma, Ginni, Joshi, Gunjan·2020·Psychiatry Research

Abstract

This narrative review summarizes research and advisories about how COVID-19 and lockdown affected the mental health of children and adolescents. It concludes that the pandemic created short- and long-term psychosocial and mental health impacts, especially for vulnerable groups, and calls for evidence-based action plans.

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Crossref · 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113429

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    The articles and advisories collected for this review are sufficient to support its conclusions about children and adolescents during COVID-19.

    “We conducted a review and collected articles and advisories on mental health aspects of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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    Findings from the reviewed studies can be generalized to children and adolescents across different countries and settings.

    “The following sections discuss about findings of studies on mental-health aspects of children and adolescents impacted by COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns being implemented at national or regional levels to prevent further spread of infection.”
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    The pandemic and lockdown measures, rather than other concurrent factors, are a major cause of the mental health impacts described.

    “COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has brought about a sense of fear and anxiety around the globe.”
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    Digital and online mental health support can effectively reach and benefit children and adolescents during the pandemic.

    “For this innovative child and adolescent mental health policies policies with direct and digital collaborative networks of psychiatrists, psychologists, paediatricians, and community volunteers are deemed necessary.”
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    Quarantine measures benefit the community at large.

    “Although quarantining measures are for the benefit of the community at large, its psychological effects cannot be ignored (Liu et al., 2020).”
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    Younger children require more parental attention than adolescents and need physical presence and indoor play with parents.

    “Compared to adolescents, younger children demand more attention of their parents They need their parents’ physical presence and need to engage in more indoor play related activities with them.”
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    Internet surfing related to COVID-19 causes anxiety.

    “Excessive internet use e.g. internet surfing related to COVID-19 should be avoided as it results in anxiety.”
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    Adolescents are enthusiastic and prone to risk-taking, so some may feel invincible and disregard distancing and hygiene rules.

    “Adolescence is a phase of enthusiasm and risk-taking, hence some may feel invincible and try not to follow guidelines related to distancing and personal hygiene.”
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    For children, parents serve as the strongest role models, and home is the primary setting for acquiring life skills.

    “Parents are the best ‘role model’ for children and home is practically the best place to learn the ‘life skills’.”
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    There is a shortage of mental health care workers in most developing countries.

    “Since there is a dearth of mental health care workers in most developing countries.”
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    Traditional pre-COVID-19 models and policies for child and adolescent mental health are no longer applicable during the COVID-19 era.

    “It has been recognized by the world that the traditional pre-COVID-19 models and policies for children and adolescents' mental health are no longer applicable during COVID 19 era.”
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Authors
Singh, S., Roy, D., Sinha, K., Parveen, S., Sharma, G., & Joshi, G.
Affiliations
King George's Medical University (IN)
Corresponding author
Roy, Deblina
Venue
Psychiatry Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-11
Volume
293
Pages
113429
ISSN
0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3081076087
Cited by
1,727
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 46 · 2025: 120 · 2024: 234 · 2023: 377 · 2022: 515 · 2021: 406 · 2020: 28
FWCI
26.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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, lockdown, child mental health, adolescent mental health, quarantine, parental separation, economic hardship, school students, pre-existing mental health conditions, coping strategies, mental health support services
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Mental Disorders, Child, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Parents, Pneumonia, Viral, Psychiatry, Quarantine, Risk Factors, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics

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