Changes in UK pre-schooler’s mental health symptoms over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: Data from Co-SPYCE study

‘Changes in UK pre-schooler’s mental health symptoms over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: Data from Co-SPYCE study’

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances

The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruption to the lives of children and their families. Pre-school children may have been particularly vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic, with the closure of childcare facilities, playgrounds, playcentres and parent and toddler groups limiting their opportunities for social interaction at a crucial stage of development. Additionally, for parents working from home, caring for pre-school aged children who require high levels of support and care, was likely challenging. We conducted an intensive longitudinal, but not nationally representative, study to examine trajectories of pre-schoolers’ mental symptoms in the United Kingdom during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors: Peter J. Lawrence, Simona Skripkauskaite, Adrienne Shum, Polly Waite, Helen Dodd

First published: 15 April 2023

https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12163

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