Protecting the psychological health of children through effective communication about COVID-19
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Children may develop sadness, anxiety, fear of death, fear of parents' death, and fear of being isolated in hospital, which may have detrimental effects on psychological development.
“The children may develop feelings of sadness, anxiety, fear of death, fear of parents’ death and fear of being isolated in the hospital which may have a very detrimental effect on their psychological development”
From Impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on mental health of children and adolescents: A narrative review with recommendations (2020) · cites this paper as Dalton et al., 2020
In the main text (page not provided), Dalton et al. describe children’s anxiety, upset, and possible sad responses, and warn of long-term psychological effects of the pandemic. The paper does not identify fear of death, fear of a parent’s death, or fear of hospital isolation, nor does it specifically link those fears to impaired psychological development. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredCrisis events negatively impact the psychological well-being of children and adolescents.
“Different studies have shown that crisis events negatively impact the psychological well-being of children and adolescents [4,5,6].”
From Mental Health of Children and Adolescents Amidst COVID-19 and Past Pandemics: A Rapid Systematic Review (2021) · cites this paper as [5]
In India, with 472 million children, the lockdown significantly impacted 40 million children from poor families, including farm and field workers, migrants' children, and street children.
“For instance, in India, which has the largest child population in the world with 472 million children, the lockdown has significantly impacted 40 million children from poor families. These include children working on farms, fields in rural areas, children of migrants and street children (Dalton et al., 2020; Rosenthal et al., 2020).”
From Impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on mental health of children and adolescents: A narrative review with recommendations (2020) · cites this paper as Dalton et al., 2020
The main text discusses the pandemic’s effects on children generally, but does not address India or children from poor families. Searches for the 472 million and 40 million figures, and for migrant, farm-working, and street children, found no matching passage in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.75)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIt is difficult for parents to manage children with special needs on their own because they lack professional expertise and mostly relied on schools and therapists.
“To cater to these challenges, it is difficult for parents to handle the challenged children and adolescents on their own, as they lack professional expertise and they mostly relied on schools and therapists to help them out (Dalton et al., 2020).”
From Impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on mental health of children and adolescents: A narrative review with recommendations (2020) · cites this paper as Dalton et al., 2020
The main text (page not available) discusses changes to children’s routines and social infrastructure, and how adults can respond to children’s distress. Searches for special needs, parental professional expertise, schools, and therapists found no passage addressing the claimed difficulty of caring for these children without that support. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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- Authors
- Dalton, L., Rapa, E., & Stein, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Dalton, Louise
- Venue
- The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-05
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 346-347
- ISSN
- 2352-4642 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7270522
- OpenAlex
- W3013988728
- Cited by
- 655
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 48 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 143 · 2021: 240 · 2020: 128
- FWCI
- 58.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, child mental health, parent-child communication, childhood anxiety, stress in children, media exposure, social isolation, resilience
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Child, Communication, Humans, Mental Health, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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