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Debate: COVID‐19 and school mental health in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Mian Ayesha Irshad,
Chachar Aisha Sanober
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/camh.12431
Subject(s) - loneliness , mental health , pandemic , anxiety , panic , covid-19 , psychology , social distance , depression (economics) , psychiatry , social isolation , medicine , disease , virology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , macroeconomics , outbreak
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic and the social distancing procedures have caused disruptions to daily activities. The first preventive procedures by the closing of schools will undoubtedly have short‐ and long‐term consequences for the mental health of school students. The movement restrictions, school closures and stay at home during the COVID‐19 pandemic will likely lead to a rise in the rates of domestic violence, loneliness, depression, fear, panic and anxiety, and substance use among school students.