JAACAP’s Role in Advancing the Science of Pediatric Mental Health and Promoting the Care of Youth and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic - 27/05/20

Doi : 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.05.001

Douglas K. Novins, MD : Editor-in-Chief, Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD : Associate Editor, Mary K. Billingsley, ELS : Managing Editor, Samuele Cortese, MD, PhD : Deputy Editor, Stacy S. Drury, MD, PhD : Deputy Editor, Jean A. Frazier, MD : Deputy Editor, Schuyler W. Henderson, MD, MPH : Deputy Editor, Elizabeth McCauley, PhD, ABPP : Deputy Editor, Tonya J.H. White, MD, PhD : Deputy Editor

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Résumé

As we pen these words, the COVID-19 pandemic is having profound impacts on human society. Based on decades of research, we know that the accompanying illness,^{1Barkmann C., Romer G., Watson M., Schulte-Markwort M. Parental physical illness as a risk for psychosocial maladjustment in children and adolescents: epidemiological findings from a national survey in Germany Psychosomatics 2007 ; 48 : 476-481 [cross-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références} death,^{2Wilcox H.C., Kuramoto S.J., Lichtenstein P., Långström N., Brent D.A., Runeson B. Psychiatric morbidity, violent crime, and suicide among children and adolescents exposed to parental death J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2010 ; 49 : 514-523 [cross-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références} social isolation,^{3Endo K., Ando S., Shimodera S., et al. Preference for solitude, social isolation, suicidal ideation, and self-harm in adolescents J Adolesc Health 2017 ; 61 : 187-191 [cross-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références}^,^{4Calati R., Ferrari C., Brittner M., et al. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors and social isolation: a narrative review of the literature J Affect Disord 2019 ; 245 : 653-667 [cross-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références} and malnutrition^{5McLaughlin K.A., Green J.G., Alegría M., et al. Food insecurity and mental disorders in a national sample of U.S. adolescents J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2012 ; 51 : 1293-1303 [inter-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références} will have deep and lasting impacts on our children and adolescents, their families, and the communities in which they develop. The pandemic is exposing, with terrible clarity, the disparities in human society—racism,^{6Priest N., Paradies Y., Trenerry B., Truong M., Karlsen S., Kelly Y. A systematic review of studies examining the relationship between reported racism and health and wellbeing for children and young people Soc Sci Med 2013 ; 95 : 115-127 [cross-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références} poverty,^{7Duncan G.J., Brooks-Gunn J. Family poverty, welfare reform, and child development Child Dev 2000 ; 71 : 188-196

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références}^,^{8Costello E.J., Compton S.N., Keeler G., Angold A. Relationships between poverty and psychopathology: a natural experiment JAMA 2003 ; 290 : 2023-2029 [cross-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références} domestic violence,^{9Meltzer H., Doos L., Vostanis P., Ford T., Goodman R. The mental health of children who witness domestic violence Child Family Social Work 2009 ; 14 : 491-501 [cross-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références}^,^{10Flach C., Leese M., Heron J., et al. Antenatal domestic violence, maternal mental health and subsequent child behaviour: a cohort study BJOG 2011 ; 118 : 1383-1391 [cross-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références} and child maltreatment and neglect^{11Zeanah C.H., Humphreys K.L. Child abuse and neglect J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2018 ; 57 : 637-644 [inter-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références}—and tragically will likely amplify the negative impacts that each has on child development and mental health.