Mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and youth Hasina Samji

Hasina Samji, Judy Wu, Amilya Ladak, Caralyn Vossen, Gaelen Snell The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented and unknown threat to global mental health. Children and youth who are at a critical developmental juncture may be more susceptible to mental health impacts stemming from fear of infection, home confinement, organizational closures, physical distancing mandates, and other pressures. We conducted a systematic review of existing evidence of the COVID-19 pandemic’s population-level impact on the global mental health of children and youth 19 years of age and identified personal and contextual factors which may enhance risk or confer protection against negative mental health outcomes.

BC CDC Presenters

10/14/2020 11:30:00 PM