Child mental health in England before and during the COVID-19 lockdown
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The incidence of mental health problems among five- to 16-year-olds rose from 11% in 2017 to 16% in July 2020 during the pandemic.
“the incidence of mental health problems has risen from 11% in 2017 to 16% in July 2020 during the pandemic for five‐ to 16‐year‐olds (Newlove‐Delgado et al., 2021)”
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- Authors
- Newlove-Delgado, T., McManus, S., Sadler, K., Thandi, S., Vizard, T., Cartwright, C., & Ford, T.
- Affiliations
- City, University of London (GB)
- NHS Digital (GB)
- Office for National Statistics (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Ford, Tamsin
- Venue
- The Lancet Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-05
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 353-354
- ISSN
- 2215-0366 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8824303
- OpenAlex
- W3118969864
- Cited by
- 266
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 60 · 2022: 71 · 2021: 49
- FWCI
- 35.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Lancet Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- City Research Online (City University London) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- Department of Health and Social Care
- 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
- child mental health, COVID-19 lockdown, mental health prevalence, young women, gender differences, ethnic differences, age differences, mental health policy, England, probability sampling, mental health service capacity, mental health professionals
- MeSH terms
- Child Health, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adolescent, Child, Child Health Services, Child Welfare, Communicable Disease Control, England, Female, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, Education, Distance, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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