Changes in youth mental health, psychological wellbeing, and substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid review

C Zolopa, JA Burack, RM O'Connor, C Corran… - Adolescent Research …, 2022 - Springer
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers around the world have made efforts
to assess its impact on youth mental health; however, the breadth of this topic has impeded …

Potential indirect impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children: a narrative review using a community child health lens

S Goldfeld, E O'Connor, V Sung… - Medical Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary▪ In this narrative review, we summarise the vast and burgeoning research on the
potential and established indirect impacts on children of the COVID‐19 pandemic. We used …

Mental health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic as revealed by helpline calls

M Brülhart, V Klotzbücher, R Lalive, SK Reich - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Mental health is an important component of public health, especially in times of crisis.
However, monitoring public mental health is difficult because data are often patchy and low …

The gap between perceived mental health needs and actual service utilization in Australian adolescents

MI Islam, FM Yunus, SN Isha, E Kabir, R Khanam… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Despite being highly prevalent, adolescent mental health problems are undertreated. To
better understand the mental health treatment gap, we assessed the prevalence and …

Kidcope and the COVID-19 pandemic: understanding high school students' coping and emotional well-being

WJ Hsieh, T Powell, K Tan, JH Chen - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in social isolation, grief, and loss among many
adolescents. As the pandemic continues to impact individuals and communities across the …

Schooling upheaval during COVID-19: Troubling consequences for students' return to school

L Fray, F Jaremus, J Gore, J Harris - The Australian Educational …, 2023 - Springer
Efforts to contain the COVID-19 virus resulted in various stay-at-home orders and school
closures around the globe, causing unprecedented disruption to the lives of children and …

Dispensing of psychotropic medications to Australian children and adolescents before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2013–2021: a retrospective cohort study

SJ Wood, J Ilomäki, J Gould, GSQ Tan… - Medical Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine longitudinal patterns of dispensing of antidepressant, anxiolytic,
antipsychotic, psychostimulant, and hypnotic/sedative medications to children and …

[HTML][HTML] Suicide attempts in children aged 10–14 years during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

N Auger, N Low, N Chadi, M Israël, H Steiger… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine if suicide attempts increased during the first year of the pandemic
among young adolescents in Quebec, Canada. Methods We analyzed children aged 10–14 …

Was COVID-19 an unexpected catalyst for more equitable learning outcomes? A comparative analysis after two years of disrupted schooling in Australian primary …

A Miller, L Fray, J Gore - The Australian Educational Researcher, 2024 - Springer
By the end of 2021, more than 168 million students across the globe had missed a year of
face-to-face schooling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In NSW, Australia, most students …

A rapid systematic review of the prevalence of suicide and self-harm behaviors in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

S Sahoo, S Patra - Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Background: COVID-19 has caused psychological, social, and physical isolation in
adolescents resulting in varying rates of suicidal behavior and self-harm. Aims: We …