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Annual Research Review: The impact of Covid‐19 on psychopathology in children and young people worldwide: systematic review of studies with pre‐ and within‐pandemic data

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Newlove‐Delgado, Tamsin, Russell, Abigail Emma, Mathews, Frances, Cross, Lauren, Bryant, Eleanor, Gudka, Rebecca, Ukoumunne, Obioha C., Ford, Tamsin J.·2023·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
DOI 10.1111/jcpp.13716PMC PMC10952503
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Background: The high volume and pace of research has posed challenges to researchers, policymakers and practitioners wanting to understand the overall impact of the pandemic on children and young people's mental health. We aimed to search for and review the evidence from epidemiological studies to answer the question: how has mental health changed in the general population of children and young people? Methods: Four databases (Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsychINFO) were searched in October 2021, with searches updated in February 2022. We aimed to identify studies of children or adolescents with a mean age of 18 years or younger at baseline, that reported change on a validated mental health measure from prepandemic to during the pandemic. Abstracts and full texts were double‐screened against inclusion criteria and quality assessed using a risk of bias tool. Studies were narratively synthesised, and meta‐analyses were performed where studies were sufficiently similar. Results: 6917 records were identified, and 51 studies included in the review. Only four studies had a rating of high quality. Studies were highly diverse in terms of design, setting, timing in relation to the pandemic, population, length of follow‐up and choice of measure. Methodological heterogeneity limited the potential to conduct meta‐analyses across studies. Whilst the evidence suggested a slight deterioration on some measures, overall, the findings were mixed, with no clear pattern emerging. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the need for a more harmonised approach to research in this field. Despite the sometimes‐inconsistent results of our included studies, the evidence supports existing concerns about the impact of Covid‐19 on children's mental health and on services for this group, given that even small changes can have a significant impact on provision at population level. Children and young people must be prioritised in pandemic recovery, and explicitly considered in planning for any future pandemic response.

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  • The movement away from in-person instruction during the 2020-2021 school year reduced student achievement, worsened children's mental health, and decreased school enrollment.

    “There is a growing body of literature suggesting that the movement away from in-person instruction during the 2020-2021 school year reduced student achievement,8,10,11,12 worsened children’s mental health,13,14,15,16 and decreased school enrollment.17,18”

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    The Results (Studies assessing impacts of Covid-19 on depression; page unavailable) report increases in depressive symptoms in some studies, supporting the mental-health portion of the sentence. But the Discussion (Summary of findings; page unavailable) describes mixed outcomes and says school closures may have had neutral or positive effects for some young people. The review does not establish that the move away from in-person instruction during the 2020–2021 school year caused children's mental health to worsen. This citation is attached to the mental-health clause, not the achievement or enrollment claims. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Newlove‐Delgado, T., Russell, A. E., Mathews, F., Cross, L., Bryant, E., Gudka, R., Ukoumunne, O. C., & Ford, T. J.
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  • University of Exeter (GB)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
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Newlove‐Delgado, Tamsin
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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Wiley
Published
2022-11-24
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64
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4
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611-640
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  • 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7610
DOI
10.1111/jcpp.13716
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PMC10952503
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W4309899988
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  • National Institute on Handicapped Research (NIHR300591, NIHR300056)
  • Medical Research Council Canada (MR/V027751/1)
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, child and adolescent mental health, psychopathology, mental health deterioration, mental health services
MeSH terms
COVID-19, Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Child, Humans, Mental Health, Pandemics

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