Assessment of change and persistence of youth psychosocial status reported by youth and their guardians during the COVID-19 pandemic: A MyHEARTSMAP study.

ABSTRACT: The pediatric mental health crisis pre-dated the COVID 19 pandemic with rates of mental health visits to pediatric emergency departments steadily increasing for the last decade. The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted children and adolescents and understanding the trajectory of their psychosocial status is important for appropriate resource allocation and policy planning. MyHEARTSMAP is a digital self-assessment mental health evaluation that examines four major psychosocial domains: psychiatry, social, function, and youth health. Children and adolescents throughout British Columbia, and their guardians, completed the baseline assessment between August 2020 and July 2021 (51.8% completed by guardian only, 40.2% youth and guardians, 7.9% youth only). Both children and their guardians r

SUBMITTER: Woodward ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12334015 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature