Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Brain Maturation in Adolescents: Implications for Analyzing Longitudinal Data

Autor: Gotlib, Ian H., Miller, Jonas G., Borchers, Lauren R., Coury, Sache M., Costello, Lauren A., Garcia, Jordan M., Ho, Tiffany C.
Zdroj: Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science; October 2023, Vol. 3 Issue: 4 p912-918, 7p
Abstrakt: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant stress and disruption for young people, likely leading to alterations in their mental health and neurodevelopment. In this context, it is not clear whether youths who lived through the pandemic and its shutdowns are comparable psychobiologically to their age- and sex-matched peers assessed before the pandemic. This question is particularly important for researchers who are analyzing longitudinal data that span the pandemic.
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