The Parents Are Not Alright: A Call for Caregiver Mental Health Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic - 03/06/21
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Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, conversations about the impact of COVID-19 on children and families have shifted. Initial advice for parents stressed topics such as how to talk about the pandemic with children or cope with illness-related distress. They now focus on youth adjustment to a heavily disrupted school year and on strategies for building long-term resilience. Although these conversations often center on youth adjustment, they have—at last—started to consider the well-being of parents (and other caregivers) as well. This shift in focus is crucial given the enormous challenges that parents face right now and the direct links between their well-being and that of their children. What continues to lag, even well into the pandemic, however, is the provision of workable solutions for addressing parents’ mental health. While we applaud the renewed focus on parenting stress and well-being, we remain deeply concerned by the absence of a plan for intervening.
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| This work has been previously posted on a preprint server: xzf2c. |
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| Author Contributions |
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| Conceptualization: Peris |
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| Writing – original draft: Peris, Ehrenreich-May |
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| Writing – review and editing: Peris, Ehrenreich-May |
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| ORCID |
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| Tara S. Peris, PhD: 0000-0003-3643-3994 |
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| Jill Ehrenreich-May, PhD: 0000-0001-7436-5393 |
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| Disclosure: Dr. Peris has received research funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. She has received royalties from Oxford University Press. Dr. Ehrenreich-May has received funding from the Children’s Trust. She has reported additional prior grant funding from the Ream Foundation, NIMH, and the Upswing Fund. She has received royalties from Oxford University Press. |
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| All statements expressed in this column are those of the authors and do not reflect the opinions of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. See the Guide for Authors for information about the preparation and submission of Commentaries. |
Vol 60 - N° 6
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