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. 2024 Aug;71(4):583-600.
doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2024.04.002. Epub 2024 May 19.

Adolescent Health in the Post-Pandemic Era: Evolving Stressors, Interventions, and Prevention Strategies amid Rising Depression and Suicidality

Jeylan Close  1 , Sarah H Arshad  2 , Stephen L Soffer  3 , Jason Lewis  3 , Tami D Benton  3
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Adolescent Health in the Post-Pandemic Era: Evolving Stressors, Interventions, and Prevention Strategies amid Rising Depression and Suicidality

Jeylan Close et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Prior to COVID-19, there were already increasing rates of youth with mental health concerns, including an increase in youth presenting to medical emergency departments (EDs) with mental health chief complaints and limited access to treatment. This trend worsened during the pandemic, and rates of youth presenting to medical EDs with suicidal ideation and self-harm increased 50% from 2019 to 2022. This resulted in a "boarding" crisis, in part, due to a lack of inpatient psychiatric hospitalization beds, and many youth were left without access to adequate treatment. Additional study of innovations in health care delivery will be paramount in meeting this need.

Keywords: Adolescent; COVID-19; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Depression; Mental health; Suicide, suicidality, suicidal ideation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure Drs J. Close and J. Lewis have no disclosures or conflicts to report. Dr S.H. Arshad has no conflicts, also receives funding from UC Irvine’s Train New Trainer’s program. Dr S.L. Soffer: Guilford Press (author). Dr T.D. Benton is on the AFSP Board, Friends Central School Board, and Juvenile Law Center Board, serves as AACAP President, and recieves NIH/PCORI funding.

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