Behere Aniruddh, Barber Garcia Brittany N
Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Pediatric Behavioral Medicine, 35 Michigan Street NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, MI, United States.
Curr Pediatr Rev. 2021;17(3):185-190. doi: 10.2174/1573396317666210514172829.
The novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 has had a clear and direct impact on the physical health of human beings. However, the mental health toll associated with this global pandemic is only beginning to be understood. Although children and adolescents have been largely spared from the more severe symptoms associated with the disease, global health organizations such as the United Nations have suggested that COVID-19 may have the longest and most severe impact on children and adolescents due to the socioeconomic, physical, psychological impacts associated with the disease itself and the measures taken to stop transmission, such as physical distancing. This paper provides an overview of the evolutionary basis for community and the ways that social and physical distancing measures to contain COVID-19 threaten the important social learning and support that community provides. It then discusses how this pandemic is likely to impact the mental health of children and adolescents, based on research from prior pandemics, recommendations from global health authorities, and emerging data on the impacts of COVID-19. Finally, we offer evidence-based suggestions on how to mitigate the effects of physical and social distancing.
新型冠状病毒病COVID-19对人类身体健康产生了明显而直接的影响。然而，与这场全球大流行相关的心理健康代价才刚刚开始被人们所认识。尽管儿童和青少年在很大程度上幸免于与该疾病相关的更严重症状，但诸如联合国等全球卫生组织表明，由于与疾病本身以及为阻止传播所采取的措施（如保持社交距离）相关的社会经济、身体和心理影响，COVID-19可能对儿童和青少年产生最长久且最严重的影响。本文概述了社区的进化基础以及为遏制COVID-19而采取的社会和身体距离措施如何威胁社区所提供的重要社会学习和支持。然后，基于以往大流行的研究、全球卫生当局的建议以及关于COVID-19影响的新数据，讨论这场大流行可能如何影响儿童和青少年的心理健康。最后，我们就如何减轻身体和社交距离的影响提供基于证据的建议。
