The Effect of COVID-19 on Youth Mental Health
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 1477
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adolescence; peer victimization; loneliness; mental health; social pain
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: agression; peer victimization; violence; morality; mental health; development
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mental health challenges are a leading contributor to childhood disability worldwide. Approximately 15% of youth have a mental health disorder, with documentation of more than half of these illnesses beginning before 14 years of age (Polanczyk et al., 2015). When considering this time in terms of years lived with a disability (YLDs), mental health disorders account for over a third of the patient’s life, causing an approximate 13% decrease in life years due to premature mortality or living in a state of less-than-full health (i.e., disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)) (Bruha et al., 2018). Given these statistics, childhood mental health has become a global priority. Of growing concern is how the current pandemic has further impacted the mental health of children. Increasing evidence suggests that psychosocial factors associated with the continuing pandemic may be exacerbating mental health issues in youth worldwide.
To address this timely and important topic, we welcome articles from across the globe that address how psychosocial factors related to COVID-19 may influence childhood mental health, specifically surrounding externalizing and internalizing disorders.
For this Special Issue, childhood includes children, adolescents, and emerging adults and psychosocial factors of interest may include, but are not limited to, remote learning, social isolation, changes in social media usage, fear of the virus, changes in physical activity or sleep quality, or experiencing a trauma such a losing a family member due to COVID-19. Both reviews and original research will be considered.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Children.
Dr. Lauri Jensen-Campbell
Guest Editor
Dr. Priya Iyer-Eimerbrink
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Brain Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- COVID-19
- depression
- anxiety
- internalizing problems
- loneliness
- psychosocial factors
- social isolation
- externalizing problems
- social media usage
- remote learning
