Marjorie Montreuil, Chantal Camden, Christine Genest, Elsa Gilbert, Emilie Laberge-Perrault, Geneviève Piché, Jessica Rassy, Aline Bogossian, Lauranne Gendron-Cloutier, Geneveave Barbo
Children and adolescents are a population at particular risk of experiencing adverse mental health repercussions related to pandemics. To understand vulnerability factors and repercussions of pandemics and related sanitary measures on children and adolescents' mental health, we performed a scoping review to examine and synthesize literature. In total, 66 articles were included. Results present: (1) factors that increase vulnerability to adverse mental health repercussions (e.g., having a pre-existing mental health condition, social isolation, low socio-economic status, parental distress, and overexposure to media content) and (2) specific mental health repercussions (e...
May 5, 2023: Journal of Child Health Care: for Professionals Working with Children in the Hospital and Community