Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2021 Sep;26(3):274-275. doi: 10.1111/camh.12488. Epub 2021 Jun 30.
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) in children are still not fully known. However, COVID-19 and the mitigation strategies to limit its transmission have affected children and adolescents through increased parental morbidity and mortality, increased poverty and financial strain, social isolation, and lost connectedness to school, peers, and afterschool activities. These are all associated with increased risk for psychiatric disorders and STBs in children. Mental health professionals and pediatric primary care settings need to monitor psychiatric symptoms and risk for STBs in children and especially among those who were directly affected during the pandemic in order to reduce the burden of the pandemic on children and families.
COVID-19 大流行对儿童自杀意念和行为 (STBs) 风险的影响尚不完全清楚。然而，COVID-19 及其限制传播的缓解策略通过增加父母的发病率和死亡率、增加贫困和经济压力、社会隔离以及失去与学校、同伴和课外活动的联系，对儿童和青少年产生了影响。所有这些都与儿童精神疾病和 STBs 的风险增加有关。精神卫生专业人员和儿科初级保健机构需要监测儿童的精神症状和 STBs 风险，尤其是在大流行期间直接受到影响的儿童，以减轻大流行对儿童和家庭的负担。
