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The Covid-19 pandemic is having a great impact on people's mental health all over the world. Adolescents have been facing several potential stressors. The aim of this study was to explore how Portuguese adolescents were perceiving the Covid-19 outbreak and the relationship between the perceived impact of the pandemic and mental health. Participants were 130 adolescents (97 girls) who completed online questionnaires about the Covid-19 pandemic and the DASS-21. Around 73% of the adolescents agreed that the Covid-19 pandemic affected their lives and 45% felt emotionally affected. Feeling uncomfortable around family during quarantine was correlated with depression (r = .39), anxiety (r = .44), and stress symptoms (r = .37), and feeling capable to deal with the pandemic was negatively correlated with psychopathological symptoms. Girls seemed to be more emotionally affected. Results revealed the negative effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on Portuguese adolescents' mental health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Portuguese) A pandemia de Covid-19 esta a ter um grande impacto na saude mental das pessoas em todo o mundo. Os adolescentes tem enfrentado diversos potenciais stressores. O objectivo deste estudo foi explorar como os adolescentes portugueses percecionaram o surto do Covid-19 e a relacao entre o impacto percebido da pandemia e a saude mental. Os participantes foram 130 adolescentes (97 do sexo feminino) que responderam a questionarios online sobre a pandemia de Covid-19 e DASS-21. Cerca de 73% dos adolescentes concordaram que a pandemia afectou as suas vidas e 45% sentiu-se emocionalmente afectado. Sentir-se desconfortavel perto da familia durante a quarentena mostrou-se correlacionado com sintomas de depressao (r = .39), ansiedade (r = .44) e stress (r = .37) e sentir-se capaz de lidar com a pandemia esteve negativamente correlacionado com sintomas psicopatologicos. Adolescentes do sexo feminino pareceram ficar mais emocionalmente afectadas. Esses resultados apontam para o efeito negativo da pandemia de Covid-19 na saude mental dos adolescentes portugueses. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) La pandemia de Covid-19 esta teniendo un gran impacto en la salud mental de las personas. Los adolescentes se han enfrentado a varios posibles estresores. El objetivo de este estudio fue explorar como los adolescentes portugueses percibieron el brote de Covid-19 y la relacion entre el impacto percibido de la pandemia y la salud mental. Los participantes fueron 130 adolescentes (97 mujeres) que respondieron cuestionarios online sobre la pandemia Covid-19 y DASS-21. 73% de los adolescentes estuvo de acuerdo en que la pandemia de Covid-19 afecto sus vidas y el 45% se sintio emocionalmente afectado. Sentirse incomodo con la familia durante la cuarentena se correlaciono con sintomas de depresion (r = .39), ansiedad (r = .44) y estres (r = .37), y sentirse capaz de lidiar con la pandemia se correlaciono negativamente con los sintomas psicopatologicos. Las adolescentes parecian estar mas emocionalmente afectadas. Estos resultados apuntan al efecto negativo de la pandemia Covid-19 en la salud mental de los adolescentes portugueses. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Although it is thought that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection does not clinically affect children as severely as adults, the short and long-term psychological effects on adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic are quite significant. The aim of the present study is to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depression and related factors in high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic. In June and July 2020, 506 high school students from two different provinces were included in the present study. A questionnaire form including sociodemographic characteristics, 'Child Depression Scale' and 'State-Trait Anxiety Scale' were applied online. Univariate and multivariate analyzes were used in data analysis, and p<0.05 was accepted as significance level. Depression prevalence was 22.9 %, median trait anxiety score was 44, and median state anxiety score was 39. Low-income level, think of themselves or the household was at risk, using information sources other than health professionals, high screen time, high mother coronavirus stress score and low family communication score were shown to increase depression. Higher school grades, not regularly exercising, think of themselves or the household were at risk, staying alone at home, high mother's and father's coronavirus stress scores and low family communication score were shown to increase state anxiety. Adolescents highly suffer from psychological outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is essential to involve the family in planning and implementing early mental health interventions during the pandemic, especially as parent-related factors affect children's psychological state. During the social isolation period, it is recommended to organize indoor exercise programs for children and adolescents, limit the time spent in front of the screen, and improve communication with family members. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Turkish) Koronavirus Hastaligi 2019 (COVID-19) klinik olarak cocuklari eriskin bireyler kadar etkilemese de COVID-19 pandemisinin adolesanlar uzerindeki kisa ve uzun donem etkileri oldukca onemlidir. Bu calismanin amaci COVID- 19 pandemisinde lise ogrencilerinin depresyon ve anksiyete sikligi ile etkileyen faktorlerin belirlenmesidir. Calismaya Haziran-Temmuz 2020 tarihlerinde 2 farkli ilden 506 lise ogrencisi dahil edilmistir ve sosyodemografik ozellikleri iceren bir soru formu, 'Cocuk Depresyon Olcegi' ve 'Durumluk-Surekli Anksiyete Olcegi' online olarak uygulanmistir. Veri analizinde tek degiskenli ve cok degiskenli analizler uygulanmis olup p<0.05 anlamlilik duzeyi olarak kabul edilmistir. Depresyon sikligi %22.9, surekli anksiyete olcek puani ortanca degeri 44, durumluk anksiyete olcek ortanca degeri 39 olarak bulunmustur. Dusuk gelir duzeyi, kendinin ya da ayni evde yasadigi kisilerin risk altinda oldugunu dusunme, bilgi kaynagi olarak saglik profesyonelleri disindaki kaynaklarin kullanilmasi, uzamis ekran suresi, koronavirusle ilgili anne stres puaninin yuksek olmasi, aile ici iletisim puaninin dusuk olmasinin depresyon sikligini artirdigi gosterilmistir. Daha yuksek okul sinifi, duzenli egzersiz yapmama, kendinin ya da ayni evde yasadigi kisilerin risk altinda oldugunu dusunme, evde yalniz kalma, koronavirusle ilgili anne ve baba stres puaninin yuksek olmasi ve aile ici iletisim puaninin dusuk olmasinin anksiyete puanini artirdigi gosterilmistir. Adolesanlar COVID-19 pandemisinin psikolojik sonuclarindan oldukca muzdariptir. Ozellikle ebeveyn iliskili faktorlerin cocuklarin psikolojik durumunu etkiledigi goruldugunden, pandemide erken ruh sagligi mudahalelerinin planlanmasi ve uygulanmasinda ailenin dahil edilmesi onemlidir. Sosyal izolasyon doneminde cocuk ve ergenler icin ev ici egzersiz programlarinin duzenlenmesi, ekran basinda gecen surenin kisitlanmasi, aile bireyleri ile iletisimin iyilestirilmesi onerilmektedir. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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During the Covid-19 emergency, patients suffering from social withdrawal and complex psychopathologies remained in contact with their hospital's Child Neuropsychiatry Department through sessions and interviews conducted remotely. After also suffering an initial phase of shock themselves, the health professionals outlined roadmaps for reaching their patients and finding new ways of letting them know that they were there, by their side, in any case, despite everything. In parallel, collaboration with colleague psychotherapists working outside the hospital environment made it possible to keep on with their work in a network. During this time of health-care emergency, all the professionals involved in the network found themselves walking a tightrope amidst the storms of adolescence in situations of serious psychopathology made even more complex by the pandemic. They nevertheless trusted that mental growth can spring from an experience of turbulence that, if mirrored, understood and supported, can become transformative. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Italian) Durante 1'emergenza da Covid 19 pazienti sofferenti, con ritiro sociale e una psicopatologia complessa, restano in contatto con la Struttura di Neuropsichiatria Infantile ospedaliera attraverso le sedute e i colloqui da remoto. Dopo una prima fase di shock che attraversa anche gli operatori, si delineano sentieri per raggiungere i nostri pazienti e trovare nuovi modi per far sentire che siamo 11 accanto a loro, comunque, nonostante tutto. Parallelamente, la collaborazione con le colleghe psicoterapeute che lavorano in ambito extra-ospedaliero permette di tenere e mantenere il lavoro in rete. In questo tempo di emergenza sanitaria, tutti gli operatori coinvolti nella rete si sono trovati a camminare "sul filo", nella tempesta dell'adolescenza, in una situazione di grave psicopatologia, resa ancor piu complessa dalla pandemia, ma con la fiducia che la crescita mentale pud originare da una esperienza di turbolenza che, se rispecchiata, compresa e sostenuta, diviene trasformativa. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "A qualitative evaluation of team and family perceptions of family-based treatment delivered by videoconferencing (FBT-V) for adolescent anorexia nervosa during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Jennifer Couturier, Danielle Pellegrini, Laura Grennan, Maria Nicula, Catherine Miller, Paul Agar, Cheryl Webb, Kristen Anderson, Melanie Barwick, Gina Dimitropoulous, Sheri Findlay, Melissa Kimber, Gail McVey, Rob Paularinne, Aylee Nelson, Karen DeGagne, Kerry Bourret, Shelley Restall, Jodi Rosner, Kim Hewitt-McVicker, Jessica Pereira, Martha McLeod, Caitlin Shipley, Sherri Miller, Ahmed Boachie, Marla Engelberg, Samantha Martin, Jennifer Holmes-Haronitis and James Lock (Journal of Eating Disorders, 2022[Jul][26], Vol 10[111]). In the original article, there was an error in co-author Gina Dimitropoulos's name: the name was incorrectly presented as "Gina Dimitropoulous". The correct name is included in the author list of this Correction and has been updated in the original article. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2022-86500-001). Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, outpatient eating disorder care, including Family-Based Treatment (FBT), rapidly transitioned from in-person to virtual delivery in many programs. This paper reports on the experiences of teams and families with FBT delivered by videoconferencing (FBT-V) who were part of a larger implementation study. Methods: Four pediatric eating disorder programs in Ontario, Canada, including their therapists (n = 8), medical practitioners (n = 4), administrators (n = 6), and families (n = 5), participated in our study. We provided FBT-V training and delivered clinical consultation. Therapists recorded and submitted their first four FBT-V sessions. Focus groups were conducted with teams and families at each site after the first four FBT-V sessions. Focus group transcripts were transcribed verbatim and key concepts were identified through line-by-line reading and categorizing of the text. All transcripts were double-coded. Focus group data were analyzed using directed and summative qualitative content analysis. Results: Analysis of focus group data from teams and families revealed four overarching categories-pros of FBT-V, cons of FBT-V, FBT-V process, and suggestions for enhancing and improving FBT-V. Pros included being able to treat more patients and developing a better understanding of family dynamics by being virtually invited into the family's home (identified by teams), as well as convenience and comfort (identified by families). Both teams and families recognized technical difficulties as a potential con of FBT-V, yet teams also commented on distractions in family homes as a con, while families expressed difficulties in developing therapeutic rapport. Regarding FBT-V process, teams and families discussed the importance and challenge of patient weighing at home. In terms of suggestions for improvement, teams proposed assessing a family's suitability or motivation for FBT-V to ensure it would be appropriate, while families strongly suggested implementing hybrid models of FBT in the future which would include some in-person and some virtual sessions. Conclusion: Team and family perceptions of FBT-V were generally positive, indicating acceptability and feasibility of this treatment. Suggestions for improved FBT-V practices were made by both groups, and require future investigation, such as examining hybrid models of FBT that involve in-person and virtual elements. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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(French) Introduction: L'enquete EPPOC (enquete flash en juillet 2020 dans les services ambulatoires et hospitaliers de pedopsychiatrie de secteur d'Occitanie) a permis de documenter la vision des parents et des adolescents sur les habitudes d'utilisation des ecrans et l'impact du premier confinement (mars a mai 2020) sur ces habitudes en population pedopsychiatrique. A notre connaissance, il n'existe pas de telle etude. Resultats: 106 parents ont repondu pour leur enfant (3 a 18 ans, moyenne 11,2 ans). Leurs reponses ont ete segmentees en 3 groupes d'ages (45,3 % en maternelle-primaire, 30,2 % au college, et 24,5 % au lycee). Les enfants utilisent surtout la television (93,8 %) et le telephone portable (81,3 %). Le tiers des enfants utilise leurs ecrans plus de 4 h par jour le week-end, 11,7 % en semaine : cette derniere proportion augmente a 48,6 % pendant le confinement. Le tiers des enfants ont au moins un type d'ecran dans leur chambre : cette donnee est liee a une augmentation du temps d'utilisation des ecrans, notamment le week-end. Les lyceens passent la plupart du temps sur les videos (91,3 %), les reseaux sociaux (82,6 %) et l'ecoute usicale (73,9 %). Les plus petits jouent essentiellement (72,5 %) et regardent des videos (70,7 %). L'utilisation des ecrans pose probleme a 37,3 % des parents avant confinement ;ces derniers limitent surtout l'utilisation des ecrans pour les plus petits, ce qui semble avoir des consequences positives sur la diminution du temps passe par l'enfant sur l'ecran. Conclusion: Dans cette etude, la population pedopsychiatrique de nos services de soins ne montre pas un profil different d'utilisation des ecrans que la population generale dans la perception parentale. Les elements principaux aggravant le temps passe sur les ecrans dans notre etude sont le fait d'avoir un ecran dans sa chambre, l'absence de limitation du temps passe sur les ecrans par les parents, et le confinement a domicile. Cependant, il convient de redefinir l'usage << intensif des ecrans dans la plupart des etudes, d'une part en fonction de la tranche d'age, d'autre part en fonction du type d'utilisation au sens large (type des ecrans, type d'activite, activite partagee ou non etc.), du retentissement sur la vie quotidienne de l'usager et du degre d'addiction. Le nombre d'heures etudie seul est un parametre insuffisant pour caracteriser la consommation d'ecrans et son eventuel caractere inquietant ;il faut l'enrichir de la notion des moments d'utilisation dans la journee et du type de pratique ainsi que d'un score de dependance qui aidera a determiner le degre de retentissement au quotidien et d'envahissement psychique des ecrans. De plus, la diffusion de ces parametres d'etude permettrait au clinicien d'avoir une trame utile d'echanges avec le patient en consultation quotidienne. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Because of Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization has declared a state of public health emergency. Isolation has transformed the social relationships of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. This study aimed to analyze the effects of isolation on the behavior of these individuals. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study, in which parents or guardians answered an online questionnaire. The research results pointed out that confinement has accentuated the symptoms of autism. It is concluded that intervention measures for the subjects and their families are necessary. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (French) Du a la pandemie du Covid-19, l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante a declare l'etat d'urgence de sante publique. L'isolement a transforme les relations sociales d'enfants et d'adolescents atteints de troubles du spectre autistique et cette etude vise a analyser les effets de l'isolement sur leur comportement. Il s'agit d'une etude descriptive et transversale dans laquelle les parents ou tuteurs ont repondu a un questionnaire en ligne. Les resultats de la recherche montrent que le confinement accentuait les symptomes de l'autisme. On conclut que des mesures d'intervention aupres des sujets et de leurs familles sont necessaires. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Portuguese) Com a pandemia da COVID-19 a Organizacao Mundial da Saude declarou estado de emergencia de saude publica. O isolamento tem transformado as relacoes sociais de criancas e adolescentes com Transtorno do Espectro do Autismo. Este estudo objetivou analisar os efeitos do isolamento no comportamento desses sujeitos. Tratase de um estudo descritivo, de carater transversal, no qual pais ou responsaveis responderam um questionario online. Os resultados da pesquisa apontaram que o confinamento acentuou os sintomas do autismo. Concluise que sao necessarias medidas de intervencoes com os sujeitos e suas familias. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) A raiz de la pandemia de la Covid-19, la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud declaro un estado de emergencia de salud publica. El aislamiento ha transformado las relaciones sociales de ninos y adolescentes con trastorno del espectro autista. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar los efectos del aislamiento sobre el comportamiento de estos sujetos. Se trata de un estudio transversal descriptivo, en el cual los padres o responsables respondieron un cuestionario en linea. Los resultados de la investigacion senalaron que el confinamiento acentuo los sintomas del autismo. Se concluye que las medidas de intervencion con los sujetos y sus familias son necesarias. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)