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. 2021 Aug;5(8):535-537.
doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00177-2. Epub 2021 Jun 25.

Young people's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cathy Creswell  1 , Adrienne Shum  2 , Samantha Pearcey  2 , Simona Skripkauskaite  2 , Praveetha Patalay  3 , Polly Waite  4
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Young people's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cathy Creswell et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

This research was funded by the UK Research and Innovation and the Westminster Foundation. PW is funded by a UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (PDF-2016-09-092). CC is supported by the NIHR Oxford and Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK Department of Health and Social Care.

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Changes in parent-reported child mental health difficulties (using the SDQ) in the UK Co-SPACE sample, from March, 2020, to March, 2021 Each SDQ subscale score is grand mean centred. The overall Co-SPACE sample consists of 8752 families (905 [10·3%] on lower income, 5443 [62·2%] with primary school aged (4–10 years) children, 3309 [37·8%] with secondary school aged (11–16 years) children, and 1547 [17·7%] with children with special educational needs or neurodevelopmental disorders). SDQ=Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.
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