Shirotsuki Kentaro, Sugaya Nagisa, Nakao Mutsuhiro
Faculty of Human Sciences, Musashino University, 3-3-3, Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8181, Japan.
Unit of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Yokohama City, Japan.
Biopsychosoc Med. 2022 Jan 10;16(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s13030-021-00233-y.
COVID-19 continues to have a global impact and has yet to converge. Behavioral restrictions in daily life are widespread, forcing changes to the behavioral patterns of people. Significant changes have also occurred in children's lives, raising concerns about mental health. The same is true for anxiety symptoms.
In this paper, we described the COVID-19 pandemic effects on mental health, summarized Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) as an applicability of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for COVID-19, and summarized ICBT's current state as a response for anxiety. An overview of previous intervention studies, including randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on ICBT, showed that many studies were highly effective against anxiety symptoms. Furthermore, regarding the follow-up of ICBT's intervention effect, long-term effect maintenance was also clarified. It was likewise pointed out that ICBT may be used in the future since it is beneficial for children's anxiety symptoms in telemedicine.
Based on these results from previous studies, we discuss ICBT's applicability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, future measures and prospects for children's mental health during the pandemic are discussed in this study.
新冠疫情持续对全球产生影响且尚未趋缓。日常生活中的行为限制广泛存在，迫使人们的行为模式发生改变。儿童的生活也出现了显著变化，引发了对其心理健康的担忧。焦虑症状方面亦是如此。
在本文中，我们描述了新冠疫情对心理健康的影响，总结了基于互联网的认知行为疗法（ICBT）作为认知行为疗法（CBT）对新冠疫情的适用性，并总结了ICBT作为应对焦虑的当前状态。对先前干预研究的概述，包括关于ICBT的随机对照试验（RCT），表明许多研究对焦虑症状非常有效。此外，关于ICBT干预效果的随访，长期效果维持也得到了明确。同样指出，由于ICBT在远程医疗中对儿童焦虑症状有益，未来可能会被采用。
基于先前研究的这些结果，我们讨论了ICBT在新冠疫情期间的适用性。此外，本研究还讨论了疫情期间儿童心理健康的未来措施和前景。
