Cautious Optimism: Service Patterns in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The article presents the discussion on coronavirus pandemic leading to considerable life disruption for young people. Topics include anticipating widespread increase in suicidal ideation, self-harm, depression, and anxiety in youth and adolescents; and community stress and impairment levels having a period of lower utilization being the need for the CAMHD services likely to be higher than pre-COVID.