Why we need longitudinal mental health research with children and youth during (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: wadem2@gmail.com.
² The Offord Centre for Child Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
³ Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

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Mark Wade et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:290:113143.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113143. Epub 2020 May 28.

¹ Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: wadem2@gmail.com.
² The Offord Centre for Child Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
³ Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

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