Mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal analysis of the CLoCk cohort study.
Laura PanagiSimon R WhiteSnehal M Pinto PereiraManjula D NugawelaIsobel HeymanKishan SharmaTerence StephensonTrudie ChalderNatalia K RojasEmma DalrympleKelsey McOwatRuth SimmonsOlivia V Swannnull nullTamsin Jane FordRoz ShafranPublished in: PLoS medicine (2024)
Overall, there was a statistically but not clinically significant decline in mental health during the pandemic. Sex, age, and EHCP status were important vulnerability factors that were associated with the rate of mental health decline, whereas ethnicity, SES, and prior poor physical health were not. The research highlights individual factors that could identify groups of CYP vulnerable to worsening mental health.