Longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of mental disorders in preadolescents and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

School closures and social distancing may have affected mental health among preadolescent and adolescent children, who are in a social developmental stage. Rates of anxiety, depression, and stress have been reported to have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic among teenagers worldwide. However, most studies have measured children's mental health in cross-sectional studies or short-term comparisons before and after lockdowns and school closures, and few studies have tracked the long-term effects on mental health among children and adolescents, despite the pandemic lasting more than 2 years.

Methods

An interrupted time-series analysis was performed for longitudinal changes in the monthly number of new mental disorders (eating disorders, schizophrenia, mood disord

SUBMITTER: Matsumoto N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10327305 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature