Creighton University School of Medicine and Catholic Health Initiatives Health, Omaha, Nebraska.
Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021 Mar;60(3):332-335. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.12.010. Epub 2020 Dec 15.
The practice of child and adolescent psychiatry is evolving during an unprecedented global health catastrophe, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As child and adolescent psychiatrists grapple with COVID-19's enormous medical, educational, social, and economic toll, a mental health crisis is co-occurring. Pre-existing disparities are recognized as contributors to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial and ethnic minorities. The magnitude of COVID-19's effects on child and family mental health has yet to be fully revealed. child and adolescent psychiatrists are in a unique position to address this mental health crisis. Child and adolescent psychiatrists must stay up-to-date regarding federal, state, local, and institutional mandates, regulations, and policies informed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health institutions, while also navigating the ethical dilemmas unique to child and adolescent psychiatry during the coronavirus era.
在这场史无前例的全球卫生灾难——2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，儿童和青少年精神病学的实践正在发生变化。随着儿童和青少年精神病学家努力应对 COVID-19 带来的巨大的医疗、教育、社会和经济损失，一场心理健康危机也同时出现了。先前存在的差异被认为是 COVID-19 大流行对少数族裔和族裔造成不成比例影响的原因之一。COVID-19 对儿童和家庭心理健康的影响的程度尚未完全显现。儿童和青少年精神病学家处于解决这场心理健康危机的独特位置。儿童和青少年精神病学家必须及时了解联邦、州、地方和机构的授权、法规和政策，这些政策由疾病控制和预防中心以及其他公共卫生机构提供信息，并在冠状病毒时代，还要应对儿童和青少年精神病学特有的伦理困境。
