Research Brief 1 - SUHU 2.0 MH in the 2nd year - Sept 6,

RESEARCH QUESTIONS How much impact did the Covid-19 pandemic have on the overall experience of children and youth at school and outside school hours during 2021-22? How is the mental health of children and youth and how has the pandemic affected them? What are the most common mental health diagnoses children and youth received before and since the pandemic began? well are their needs being met? SE. [...] How is the mental health of children and youth and how has the pandemic affected them? A quarter of children and youth Two thirds of children and youth Two thirds of parents (66%) (23%) reported depression and (64%) and their parents (66%) say believe the pandemic has had a even more experienced irritability (39%), fatigue (38%) and anxiety worsened during the pandemic; but life overall, while 23%. [...] are concerned the pandemic will have a negative impact on their What are the most common mental health diagnoses children and youth received before and since the pandemic? One quarter of study participants had Most children and youth with depression were been diagnosed with anxiety (24%), diagnosed after the start of the pandemic followed by ADHD (15%), depression (73%) as were those with an eatin. [...] Not surprisingly, those who had a mix of online and in-class learning and those who were home-schooled or did online learning only were more likely to report that both their schooling and the way they spent time after school and on the weekends were a lot different compared to if there were no pandemic. [...] This is Among the youth (12-18 years), 78% said the pandemic had had a negative impact on their life overall; parents of children and youth gave a slightly more positive assessment Most youth (73%) are concerned the pandemic will have a negative impact on their future, as are parents of children and youth (81%).