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AUTHOR(S) Refika Genç Koyucu; Pelin Palas Karaca
AUTHOR(S) Cecilia A. Essau; Alejandro de la Torre-Luque
Public health measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 have resulted in adverse effects, including high level of psychological distress, anxiety, and depression. This study explored adolescent psychopathological profiles at age 17, and their role in predicting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at age 19.
AUTHOR(S) Melissa DeJonckheere; Marika Waselewski; Xochitl Amaro (et al.)
Little is known about the views of U.S. youth on COVID-19 or their use of face coverings. Closing this gap could facilitate messaging to promote COVID-19 risk mitigation behaviors. In July 2020, a five-question text message survey was sent to 1,087 youth aged 14–24 years. Questions assessed youths' perceptions regarding the likelihood of contracting COVID-19, the potential impact of contracting COVID-19 on their lives, the possibility of spreading COVID-19 to others, and their use of face coverings around others with whom they do not live. Coding was conducted to assign responses to discrete categories and to identify common themes.
AUTHOR(S) Kate Cooper; Emily Hards; Bettina Moltrecht (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Crystal Lederhos Smith; Sara F. Waters; Danielle Spellacy (et al.)
This study examined the prevalence of substance use as a coping mechanism and identified relationships between maternal mental health over time and use of substances to cope during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among pregnant women in the U.S. Self-reported repeated measures from 83 pregnant women were collected online in April 2020 and May 2020. Women retrospectively reported their mental/emotional health before the pandemic, as well as depression, stress, and substance use as a result of the pandemic at both time points. Linear regression measured cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between mental health and substance use.
AUTHOR(S) Ana Carolina Moreira Ramiro; Camila Côrtes Ribeiro; Bruna Leles Vieira de Souza (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) S. J. M. Zilver; B. F. P. Broekman; Y. M. G. A. Hendrix (et al.)
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has negatively affected many people’s mental health with increased symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression in the general population. Anxiety and depression can have negative effects on pregnant women and result in poor. Cohort study of pregnant women during COVID-19 compared to pregnant women before COVID-19.
AUTHOR(S) Laura De Nardi; Giuseppe Abbracciavento; Giorgio Cozzi (et al.)
Adolescents with mental health disorders are a high‐risk population, and problems during COVID‐19 lockdowns have included increasing, widespread anxiety, fear, anger and uncertainty. Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is characterised by disproportionate thoughts, feelings and behaviours about physical symptoms associated with the distress and disruption of everyday functioning. SSD accounts for 15%–25% of adolescent mental health cases in primary care paediatric settings, and 8.6% of non‐traumatic adolescent pain in emergency departments. This cross‐sectional observational study evaluated how the Italian COVID‐19 lockdown, from 9 March to 4 May 2020, affected Italian adolescents aged 13–18 with and without SSD.
AUTHOR(S) Polly Waite; Samantha Pearcey; Adrienne Shum (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Blythe A. Corbett; Rachael A. Muscatello; Mark E. Klemencic (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Yunfei Fan; Huiyu Wang; Qiong Wu (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Yongqiang Jiang; Ting He; Xiuyun Lin (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Lan Shuai; Shan He; Hong Zheng (et al.)
This study aims to explore the influences of digital media use on the core symptoms, emotional state, life events, learning motivation, executive function (EF) and family environment of children and adolescents diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A total of 192 participants aged 8–16 years who met the diagnostic criteria for ADHD were included in the study. Children scoring higher than predetermined cut-off point in self-rating questionnaires for problematic mobile phone use (SQPMPU) or Young’s internet addiction test (IAT), were defined as ADHD with problematic digital media use (PDMU), otherwise were defined as ADHD without PDMU. The differences between the two groups in ADHD symptoms, EF, anxiety and depression, stress from life events, learning motivation and family environment were compared respectively.
AUTHOR(S) Lei Zhang; Meng Ting Wu; Lei Guo (et al.)
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