Mental health effects prevalence in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.
Júlia Meller Dias de OliveiraLuciana ButiniPatrícia PaulettoKaryn Munyk LehmkuhlCristine Miron StefaniMichele BolanEliete GuerraBruce DickGraziela De Luca CantoAna Cristina Barreto BezerraPublished in: Worldviews on evidence-based nursing (2022)
Overall findings showed that the proportion of children and adolescents presenting mental health effects during the COVID-19 pandemic showed a wide variation in different countries. However, there was a trend toward mental health issues. Therefore, policymakers, healthcare planners, youth mental health services, teachers, parents, and researchers need to be prepared to deal with this demand.