Differing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health: combined population and clinical study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying youths most at risk to COVID-19-related mental illness is essential for the development of effective targeted interventions.

Aims

To compare trajectories of mental health throughout the pandemic in youth with and without prior mental illness and identify those most at risk of COVID-19-related mental illness.

Method

Data were collected from individuals aged 18-26 years (N = 669) from two existing cohorts: IMAGEN, a population-based cohort; and ESTRA/STRATIFY, clinical cohorts of individuals with pre-existing diagnoses of mental disorders. Repeated COVID-19 surveys and standardised mental health assessments were used to compare trajectories of mental health symptoms from before the pandemic through to the second lockdown.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Qi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10753963 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature