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Youth mental health in the time of COVID-19
- Source :
- Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Mental Health Services
Telemedicine
Adolescent
Population
youth mental health
Telehealth
Perspective Piece
History and Philosophy of Science
medicine
Humans
Young adult
Social isolation
education
Applied Psychology
education.field_of_study
digital
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Service provider
Mental health
Psychiatry and Mental health
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Psychosocial
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20516967 and 07909667
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....da59c8f84095766038d4121a30b63883