Distinct patterns of emotional and behavioral change in child psychiatry outpatients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alysa E DoyleMary K ColvinClara S BeeryMaya R KovenPieter J VuijkEllen B BraatenPublished in: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health (2022)
In youth outpatients, psychiatric and psychosocial difficulties were worse on average during the school year following the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown; yet, some youth experienced greater and distinctive symptom change. A personalized approach to support may be needed as youth emerge from this period.