Mental health symptoms in children and adolescents during COVID-19 in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

COVID-19 has led to disruptions to the lives of Australian families through social distancing, school closures, a temporary move to home-based online learning, and effective lockdown. Understanding the effects on child and adolescent mental health is important to inform policies to support communities as they continue to face the pandemic and future crises. This paper sought to report on mental health symptoms in Australian children and adolescents during the initial stages of the pandemic (May to November 2020) and to examine their association with child/family characteristics and exposure to the broad COVID-19 environment.

Methods

An online baseline survey was completed by 1327 parents and carers of Australian children aged 4 to 17 years. Parents/carers reported

SUBMITTER: Sicouri G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896295 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature