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Editorial
. 2023 Sep;62(9):953-956.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.833. Epub 2022 Oct 14.

Using Technology to Limit the Impacts of Isolation on Youth in Inpatient Psychiatry Units

Kaitlin Hanss  1 , Rebecca Carcana  1 , Timothy Rice  2
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Editorial

Using Technology to Limit the Impacts of Isolation on Youth in Inpatient Psychiatry Units

Kaitlin Hanss et al. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as a mental health crisis for children and adolescents in America.1 Social isolation and loneliness during the pandemic present a significant challenge. A rapid systematic review published in this journal found that social isolation correlates with depression and anxiety and may heighten the risk of disorder onset.2 Specifically in an infectious disease context, research on the H1N1 influenza pandemic showed that children in North America required to quarantine were 5 to 30 times more likely to meet criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder than children not under these restrictions.2.

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