A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Youth Mental Health and Substance use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: An Exploratory Analysis.
Natasha Y SheikhanLisa D HawkeClement MaDarren B CourtneyPeter SzatmariKristin CleverleyAristotle VoineskosAmy CheungJoanna HendersonPublished in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2022)
While mental health remained stable and substance use declined from before the COVID-19 pandemic to during the pandemic among youth with pre-existing mental health challenges, some youth experienced greater challenges than others. Longitudinal monitoring among various population subgroups is crucial to identifying higher risk populations. This information is needed to provide empirical evidence to inform future research directions.