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Mental health risk among children during COVID‐19 lockdown
Author(s) -
Asif Marium,
Ullah Irfan,
Kumari Usha,
Munir Saqib,
Tahir Muhammad Junaid,
Asghar Muhammad Sohaib
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/jcap.12359
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , mental health , psychological intervention , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , disease , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The COVID‐19 pandemic has created a hugely detrimental impact on the psychological health of people around the world. Children are extremely vulnerable; therefore, it is of utmost importance to discuss the prevalence of the symptoms, their associated risk factors, and the strategies to identify and understand their deteriorating mental health (MH) before it leads to disastrous outcomes. Hence, parents and schools should come together in devising modes to create an environment in which children can easily tackle the lockdown periods which have become the new reality. Negative effects on MH have long‐term consequences, therefore necessary interventions must take place.