Distinct patterns of emotional and behavioral change in child psychiatry outpatients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies are documenting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health. We extended this literature by characterizing a child psychiatric outpatient sample in the United States during the middle of the 2020-2021 school year. We also used a computational strategy to identify distinct patterns of psychopathology symptom change and examined correlates and predictors of such change. Among potential predictors were cognition and clinical diagnoses, which have not been studied in this context previously.

Methods

Participants were 171 youth (aged 10.6 ± 3.1) referred for neuropsychiatric evaluation who enrolled in research and whose parents filled out a survey on COVID-19. The questionnaire included eight psychiatric and six psychosocial domains rated retrosp

SUBMITTER: Doyle AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851810 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature