HMP Global September 4, 2024
A recently published study in JAMA Network Open presents a nuanced picture of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected youth mental health: while changes were minimal overall, mental health distinctly improved for certain groups of children and adolescents.
“Our research shows that the pandemic’s impact on children varied depending on their individual characteristics, and average changes in the youth population do not fully capture these differences,” said study first author Courtney K. Blackwell, PhD, of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
The study used data collected from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program over 2 periods: January 1, 2015, through March 12, 2020 (prepandemic), and March 13, 2020, through August 31, 2022 (midpandemic). Participants included...
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