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Bell, Imogen H., Nicholas, Jennifer, Broomhall, Amy, Bailey, Eleanor, Bendall, Sarah, Boland, Alexandra, Robinson, Jo, Adams, Sophie, McGorry, Patrick and Thompson, Andrew D. (2023) The impact of COVID-19 on youth mental health : a mixed methods survey. Psychiatry Research, 321 . 115082. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115082 ISSN 01651781.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115082
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented profound disruptions to young people at a critical period of psychosocial development. The current study aimed to explore the perceived negative and positive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people's mental health and wellbeing across a spectrum of clinical needs. A cross-sectional online survey including both quantitative and qualitative responses captured positive and negative impacts of COVID-19 across 593 young people with and without mental health care needs. Findings revealed high levels of clinical depression (48%), anxiety (51%), and loneliness in both samples. Approximately 75% of young people in primary mental health care services, and over 80% in the general population, reported a negative impact on work, non-work activities and mental health and wellbeing. Open-ended responses reflected positive impacts in the domains of greater capacity for self-care and reflection due to the decreased pressures of daily life. Negative impacts reflected worsening mental health, disruptions to key developmental milestones regarding relationships with self and others, and limited capacity for self-care. Together, these data highlight the critical need for early intervention support for the psychosocial impacts experienced by young people due to the pandemic, particularly among those with existing mental health care needs.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | |||||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Psychological aspects, Youth -- Mental health, Youth -- Physiology , Depression in adolescence , Anxiety in adolescence | |||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Psychiatry Research | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | |||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 01651781 | |||||||||||||||
Official Date: | March 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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Volume: | 321 | |||||||||||||||
Article Number: | 115082 | |||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115082 | |||||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 10 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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