Differing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health: combined population and clinical study.
Lu QiZuo ZhangLauren RobinsonMarina BobouChantal GourlanJeanne WintererRebecca AdamsKofoworola AgunbiadeYuning ZhangSinead KingNilakshi VaidyaEric ArtigesTobias BanaschewskiArun L W BokdeM John BroulidakisRüdiger BrühlHerta FlorJuliane H FröhnerHugh GaravanAntoine GrigisAndreas HeinzSarah HohmannMarie-Laure Paillère MartinotSabina MillenetFrauke NeesBetteke Maria van NoortDimitri Papadopoulos OrfanosLuise PoustkaJulia M A SinclairMichael N SmolkaRobert WhelanArgyris StringarisHenrik WalterJean-Luc MartinotGunter SchumannUlrike SchmidtSylvane Desrivièresnull nullPublished in: BJPsych open (2023)
Healthier young people may be at greater risk of developing depressive or eating disorder symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Targeted mental health interventions considering prior diagnostic risk may be warranted to help young people cope with the challenges of psychosocial stress and reduce the associated healthcare burden.