Comparison of new psychiatric diagnoses among Finnish children and adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide register-based study.
David GyllenbergKalpana BastolaWan Mohd Azam Wan Mohd YunusKaisa E MishinaEmmi LiukkoAntti KääriäläAndre SouranderPublished in: PLoS medicine (2023)
Following the first pandemic phase, new psychiatric diagnoses in children and adolescents increased by nearly a fifth in Finnish specialist services. Possible explanations to our findings include changes in help-seeking, referrals and psychiatric problems, and delayed service access.