Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health in Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Elizabeth A. K. Jones, Amal K. Mitra and Azad R. Bhuiyan
Additional contact information
Elizabeth A. K. Jones: School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA
Amal K. Mitra: School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA
Azad R. Bhuiyan: School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-9

Abstract: Due to lack of sufficient data on the psychological toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health, this systematic analysis aims to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on adolescent mental health. This study follows the PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews of 16 quantitative studies conducted in 2019–2021 with 40,076 participants. Globally, adolescents of varying backgrounds experience higher rates of anxiety, depression, and stress due to the pandemic. Secondly, adolescents also have a higher frequency of using alcohol and cannabis during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, social support, positive coping skills, home quarantining, and parent–child discussions seem to positively impact adolescent mental health during this period of crisis. Whether in the United States or abroad, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted adolescent mental health. Therefore, it is important to seek and to use all of the available resources and therapies to help adolescents mediate the adjustments caused by the pandemic.

Keywords: mental health; mental illness; mental disorder; psychiatric illness; anxiety; depression; COVID 19; coronavirus; 2019-ncov; sars-cov-2; cov-19; adolescent; teenagers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (52)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/5/2470/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/5/2470/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:5:p:2470-:d:509303

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().