Pharmacy Times September 25, 2023
To promote positive mental health outcomes, researchers urge for policy interventions that focus on home connectedness, peer friendship, and school climate while avoiding full school closures.
The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with worse outcomes in mental health for adolescents, which emphasizes the need to evaluate risks and resilience at the individual and social levels, according to the results of a study published in JAMA Network Open.1
The authors of the study found that in order to promote mental health, policy interventions should focus on home connectedness, peer friendship, and school climate while avoiding full school closures.1
According to the CDC, in 2021, approximately 37% of high school students reported that they experienced poorer mental health during the pandemic and 44%...
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