Parent and child mental health trajectories April 2020 to May 2021: Strict lockdown versus no lockdown in Australia.
Elizabeth M WestruppChristopher J GreenwoodMatthew Fuller-TyszkiewiczCraig A OlssonNardia ZendarskiAntonina Mikocka-WalusGlenn A MelvinSubhadra EvansMark A StokesAmanda G WoodGery C KarantzasJacqui A MacdonaldJohn W ToumbourouSamantha J TeagueJulian W FernandoTomer S BerkowitzMathew LingGeorge J YoussefPublished in: The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2021)
Our findings provide evidence of worse trajectories of parent and child mental health symptoms at a time coinciding with a second COVID-19 outbreak involving strict lockdown in Victoria, compared to non-locked states in Australia. We identified several baseline factors that may be useful in detecting high-risk families who are likely to require additional support early on in future lockdowns.