Mitigating the Impact of Coronavirus Disease-2019 on Child and Family Behavioral Health: Suggested Policy Approaches

Long, Melissa; Coates, Erica E.; Price, Olga Acosta; Hoffman, Sarah Barclay

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.02.009

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“…Pediatric providers are not always at the forefront of policy negotiations, but they are most certainly on the frontline of the child and family behavioral health crisis. Therefore, pediatric providers can be a powerful influencing policy, with their on the-ground experience caring for families whose well-being has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic ( 62 ).…”

Section: The Way Forwardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The EAP and the ECPCP strongly believe that action is necessary to reduce the negative effects of the pandemic on children's and adolescents' mental health and to advocate for an improved, integrated, and family-focused behavioral health system ( 11 , 42 , 58 , 62 ).…”

Section: Recommendations From Eap and Ecpcpmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…– promoting families' supportive interventions and resources in addressing mental health problems in children and young people should be implemented, especially in primary care ( 11 , 15 , 53 , 59 , 62 , 63 ), scaling up the existing mental health support in education and healthcare systems, in close connection with multidisciplinary networks ( 11 , 53 , 59 , 62 )…”

Section: Recommendations From Eap and Ecpcpmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…– adequate funding should be made available to scientific research on positive and negative long-term effects of COVID-19 pandemic and prolonged social distancing measures on the mental health of children and young people, as well the influence of specific risk factors evolving over time, to guiding future public health policies ( 59 , 62 – 64 )…”

Section: Recommendations From Eap and Ecpcpmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…working together with parents/caregivers and educators, pediatricians: – should be aware of the specific resources available for children, adolescents, and their parents, and should also signpost these to them, outlining warning signs ( 11 ) – should work together with parents and teachers to monitor children's and adolescents' suspect signs of depression and anxiety with specific screening questionnaires, during health care visits in primary care, and treat them with targeted and shared treatment plans, or refer when needed ( 48 , 49 , 54 , 55 , 62 ) – should talk properly with children and adolescents about depression and anxiety issues ( 11 , 70 ) – should monitor over time the duration, evolution, and outcomes of children and adolescents needs and mental health problems ( 11 , 45 , 62 ) …”

Section: Recommendations From Eap and Ecpcpmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health: A matter of concern—A joint statement from EAP and ECPCP

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COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent rigid social distancing measures implemented, including school closures, have heavily impacted children's and adolescents' psychosocial wellbeing, and their mental health problems significantly increased. However, child and adolescent mental health were already a serious problem before the Pandemic all over the world. COVID-19 is not just a pandemic, it is a syndemic and mentally or socially disadvantaged children and adolescents are the most affected. Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and previous mental health issues are an additional worsening condition. Even though many countries have responded with decisive efforts to scale-up mental health services, a more integrated and community-based approach to mental health is required. EAP and ECPCP makes recommendations to all the stakeholders to take action to promote, protect and care for the mental health of a generation.

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Section: The Way Forwardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recommendations From Eap and Ecpcpmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recommendations From Eap and Ecpcpmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recommendations From Eap and Ecpcpmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recommendations From Eap and Ecpcpmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“Shouldn’t Nobody Make a Woman do What they Don’t Want to do with their Body”: Black Women’s Reactions to the Supreme Court’s Overturn of Roe v. Wade

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McLeod

et al. 2023

J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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Health Promotion and Wellness for All Students: School-Based Occupational Therapy as a Preventive Approach

Pfirman¹,

Rivera

Saffer

2022

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic accelerated the impending youth mental health crisis in the United States, necessitating a comprehensive approach to providing mental health education and interventions. School-based occupational therapy practitioners’ scope of practice includes wellness promotion, early detection, and evidence-based interventions for mental health challenges. Given the rise of school-based wellness programs, the growing legislation supporting the formation of such programs, and the burgeoning burden of pediatric mental health concerns, occupational therapy practitioners are uniquely positioned to create and implement interventions to support student access to the general education curriculum and can do so by using both prepandemic funding sources and pandemic response funds. This Health Policy Perspectives column is a call to action to refocus the occupational therapy practitioner’s role in school settings to include providing high-quality, evidence-based preventive mental health education and interventions. In this column, we examine prevention-based occupational therapy services in Mason City Schools, Mason, Ohio, as a model of success in the execution of this vision for school-based practice. In addition, we outline the importance of expanding the role of occupational therapy practitioners in schools, which will in turn increase the visibility and relevancy of the profession and broaden its impact on mitigating the youth mental health crisis.

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Mitigating the Impact of Coronavirus Disease-2019 on Child and Family Behavioral Health: Suggested Policy Approaches

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Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health: A matter of concern—A joint statement from EAP and ECPCP

Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health: A matter of concern—A joint statement from EAP and ECPCP

“Shouldn’t Nobody Make a Woman do What they Don’t Want to do with their Body”: Black Women’s Reactions to the Supreme Court’s Overturn of Roe v. Wade

Health Promotion and Wellness for All Students: School-Based Occupational Therapy as a Preventive Approach

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