Debate: The toll of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children’s risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors

The consequences of the COVID‐19 pandemic on risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) in children are still not fully known. However, COVID‐19 and the mitigation strategies to limit its transmission have affected children and adolescents through increased parental morbidity and mortality, inc...

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Published in:Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2021-09, Vol.26 (3), p.274-275
Main Authors: Melhem, Nadine M., Brent, David A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Child & adolescent psychiatry
children and adolescents
COVID-19
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Debates
infections
Pandemics
psychosocial determinants of health
suicidal thoughts and behaviors
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Summary:The consequences of the COVID‐19 pandemic on risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) in children are still not fully known. However, COVID‐19 and the mitigation strategies to limit its transmission have affected children and adolescents through increased parental morbidity and mortality, increased poverty and financial strain, social isolation, and lost connectedness to school, peers, and afterschool activities. These are all associated with increased risk for psychiatric disorders and STBs in children. Mental health professionals and pediatric primary care settings need to monitor psychiatric symptoms and risk for STBs in children and especially among those who were directly affected during the pandemic in order to reduce the burden of the pandemic on children and families.
ISSN:1475-357X
1475-3588
DOI:10.1111/camh.12488