Youth mental health in the time of COVID-19

Youth mental health is a rapidly developing field with a focus on prevention, early identification, treatment innovation and service development. In this perspective piece, we discuss the effects of COVID-19 on young people’s mental health. The psychosocial effects of COVID-19 disproportionately aff...

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Published in:Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 2020-12, Vol.37 (4), p.301-305
Main Authors: Power, E., Hughes, S., Cotter, D., Cannon, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anxiety
Chronic illnesses
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - complications
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - psychology
Early intervention
Economic conditions
Education
Employment
Humans
Labor force
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - etiology
Mental Disorders - prevention & control
Mental Health
Mental Health Services
Middle age
Pandemics
Perspective Piece
Piece
Primary care
Psychosis
Public health
Teenagers
Telemedicine
Unemployment
Young Adult
Young adults
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Summary:Youth mental health is a rapidly developing field with a focus on prevention, early identification, treatment innovation and service development. In this perspective piece, we discuss the effects of COVID-19 on young people’s mental health. The psychosocial effects of COVID-19 disproportionately affect young people. Both immediate and longer-term factors through which young people are affected include social isolation, changes to the delivery of therapeutic services and almost complete loss of all structured occupations (school, work and training) within this population group. Longer-term mechanisms include the effects of the predicted recession on young people’s mental health. Opportunities within this crisis exist for service providers to scale up telehealth and digital services that may benefit service provision for young people’s mental health in the future.
ISSN:0790-9667
2051-6967
DOI:10.1017/ipm.2020.84