CRISIS AFAR: an international collaborative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and service access in youth with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions.
Bethany VibertPatricia SeguraLouise GallagherStelios GeorgiadesPanagiota PervanidouAudrey ThurmLindsay M AlexanderEvdokia AnagnostouYuta Y AokiCatherine S BirkenSomer L BishopJessica BoiCarmela BravaccioHelena Paula BrentaniMaria Paola CaneviniAlessandra CartaAlice CharachAntonella CostantinoKatherine Tombeau CostElaine A CravoJennifer CrosbieChiara DavicoFederica DonnoJunya FujinoAlessandra GabelloneCristiane T GeyerTomoya HirotaStephen M KanneMakiko KawashimaElizabeth KelleyHosanna KimYoung Shin KimSo Hyun KimDaphne J KorczakMeng-Chuan LaiLucia MargariLucia MarzulliGabriele MasiLuigi MazzoneJane McGrathSuneeta MongaPaola MorosiniShinichiro NakajimaAntonio NarzisiRob NicolsonAki NikolaidisYoshihiro NodaKerri P NowellMiriam PolizziJoana PortoleseMaria Pia RiccioManabu SaitoIda SchwartzAnish K SimhalMartina SiracusanoStefano SotgiuJacob StroudFernando SumiyaYoshiyuki TachibanaNicole TakahashiRiina TakahashiHiroki TamonRaffaella TancrediBenedetto VitielloAlessandro ZuddasBennett L LeventhalKathleen R MerikangasMichael Peter MilhamAdriana Di MartinoPublished in: Molecular autism (2023)
Concomitantly assessing variation in changes of symptoms and service access during the first phase of the pandemic revealed differential outcome profiles in ASD/NDD youth. Subgroups were characterized by distinct prediction patterns across a set of pre- and pandemic-related experiences/contexts. Results may inform recovery efforts and preparedness in future crises; they also underscore the critical value of international data-sharing and collaborations to address the needs of those most vulnerable in times of crisis.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- public health
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- autism spectrum disorder
- mental illness
- quality improvement
- intellectual disability
- electronic health record
- social media
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- physical activity
- single cell
- current status
- machine learning
- sleep quality
- young adults
- depressive symptoms
- drug induced
- congenital heart disease