The Pandemic's Toll on Children's Mental Health

• 2021

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• Karestan Koenen; Elana Gordon

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This interview discusses the mental health impacts associated with COVID-19 for children and teens. Discussion includes what can be done to support children, particularly those already in communities disproportionately impacted by health disparities, and what steps adults could take to help bolster the mental health of children and adolescents, as well as themselves, during the pandemic.

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Focus Areas: Infectious Disease; Mental Health

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Families & Children; Public Health Professionals; Schools & Childcare Providers

Emergency Management Stages: Mitigation; Response; Recovery

Keywords: Psychology, Adolescent; Anxiety; Psychology, Child; Depression; Mental Health; Mental Health Services; Schools; Stress, Psychological; Telemedicine; Pandemics; School Mental Health Services; COVID-19

Institutions: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; The World

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