Franciscan Children's, USA; Harvard University, USA.
Franciscan Children's, USA; Harvard University, USA.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2022 Jul-Aug;77:77-79. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.04.004. Epub 2022 Apr 11.
Prior research suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has been detrimental to adolescent mental health. However, no research has examined whether the pandemic is associated with increased symptom severity among high-risk youth, such as those hospitalized for a psychiatric crisis.
Over a four-year period, upon admission to an adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit, youth completed measures of depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale), feeling like a burden and lack of belongingness (Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire), trauma-related symptoms (Child Trauma Screen), suicidal thoughts and behaviors (Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview Self-Report Version). We compared the severity of these symptoms for patients admitted during the pandemic to the severity for patients admitted to the same unit in the three years before the pandemic.
Across most symptoms, youth hospitalized during the pandemic reported increased severity compared to those hospitalized before the pandemic.
Adolescents requiring psychiatric hospitalization during the pandemic reported increased symptom severity compared to adolescents hospitalized on the same inpatient unit in the three years prior to the pandemic.
先前的研究表明，新冠疫情对青少年的心理健康造成了不利影响。然而，尚无研究探讨疫情是否与高危青少年（如因精神科危机住院的青少年）的症状严重程度增加有关。
在四年期间，青少年在进入青少年精神科住院病房时完成了抑郁（流行病学研究中心抑郁量表）、感到负担过重和归属感缺失（人际需求问卷）、与创伤相关的症状（儿童创伤筛查）、自杀想法和行为（自我伤害想法和行为访谈自我报告版本）的评估。我们比较了疫情期间入院患者与疫情前三年同一病房入院患者的这些症状的严重程度。
在大多数症状中，与疫情前住院的患者相比，在疫情期间住院的患者报告的症状严重程度更高。
与疫情前三年在同一住院病房住院的青少年相比，在疫情期间需要精神科住院治疗的青少年报告的症状严重程度更高。
