Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health among youth with physical health challenges.
Lisa D HawkeSuneeta MongaDaphne KorczakEm HayesJacqueline RelihanKarleigh DarnayKristin CleverleyYona LunskyPeter SzatmariJoanna Lyn HendersonPublished in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2020)
Mental health concerns are highly prevalent among youth with physical health concerns, and also appear to be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical health concerns appear to constitute risk factors for heightened mental health responses to the pandemic situation. System planners striving to adapt mental health services to meet social/physical distancing recommendations are urged to consider youth with physical health conditions and ensure that adequate integrated mental health and physical health supports are available to them.