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Title: | COVID-19 pandemic-related aspects and predictors of emotional and behavioural symptoms in youth with pre-existing mental health conditions: results from Georgia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey | Authors: | Stevanovic, Dejan Kabukçu Başay, Burge Başay Ömer Leskauskas, Darius Nussbaum, Laura Zirakashvili, Medea |
Keywords: | anxiety Cross-cultural depression pandemic adolescent adult Article behavior child child parent relation child psychiatry controlled study coronavirus disease 2019 emotional disorder female Georgia (republic) human Lithuania lockdown major clinical study male mental deterioration mental disease mental health mental health care pandemic parent patient worry Romania self report Serbia sleep social distancing Turkey (republic) behavior epidemiology pandemic questionnaire turkey (bird) Adolescent Behavioral Symptoms COVID-19 Georgia Humans Lithuania Mental Health Pandemics Romania Serbia Surveys and Questionnaires Turkey |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Abstract: | Objective: This study evaluated levels of and predictors of emotional and behavioral symptoms in youth with pre-existing mental health conditions over the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 across Georgia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey. Methods: The study included 421 children and adolescents aged 5 ? 18 years with pre-existing mental health conditions and corresponding ongoing treatments. We used a parent- and/or child-report, which taps into a broad range of mental health symptoms and contextual factors thought to be particularly pertinent during periods of social restrictions. Data were collected simultaneously across the countries from May 2020 to August 2020. Results: According to parents, 121 (33.1%) children had deteriorations in the overall quality of mental health over the COVID-19, 156 (43.1%) deteriorations in the quantity of mental health care received, while 82 (25.1%) mental health care received did not meet the needs. For 121 (49.8%) of children, there was worsening in the main presenting psychiatric symptom compared to January 2020, while for 64 (26.3%) there was some improvement. In total, 128 (43.9%) children reported worsened emotional and 118 (40.6%) behavioral symptoms. The COVID-related worry, parental emotional difficulties, and parent-child relationships emerged as the most relevant predictors for higher levels of emotional and behavioral difficulties. Conclusions: This study found that the COVID-19 pandemic has considerably changed the daily lives of some children with pre-existing mental health conditions, where almost every second child had deteriorations in overall mental health or worsening of psychiatric symptoms. © 2021 The Nordic Psychiatric Association. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2021.2013531 https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47532 |
ISSN: | 0803-9488 |
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