Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health in the Period of Quarantine and Social Distancing With COVID-19

• DOI: 10.2196/19867
• Publication Date: 2020-07-07T18:38:55Z
• Authors: Jiancheng Ye
• Keywords: Social distance; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Distancing; Pandemic

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has spread rapidly throughout the world and had a long-term impact. caused great harm to society serious psychological trauma many people. Children are vulnerable group in this global public health emergency, as their nervous systems, endocrine hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes not well developed. Psychological crises often cause children produce feelings of abandonment, despair, incapacity, exhaustion, even raise risk suicide. with mental illnesses especially during quarantine social distancing period. inclusion psychosocial support for families part responses disaster recovery. Based on biopsychosocial model, some may have catastrophic thoughts be prone experience numbness, flashbacks, other emotional behavioral reactions. In severe cases, there symptoms psychosis or posttraumatic stress disorder. Timely appropriate protections needed prevent occurrence problems. emerging digital applications services such telehealth, media, mobile health, remote interactive online education able bridge distance children. development characteristics children, study also illustrates interventions impact from COVID-19 pandemic. Even though been struggling curb influences pandemic, policies will impacts Innovative solutions informatics tools more than ever mitigate negative consequences Health care delivery should envision implement innovative paradigms meet broad well-being needs child over longer term becomes new reality. Future research children's pay attention novel that incorporate cutting edge technologies approaches, leveraging considerable advances pervasive ubiquitous computing, human-computer interaction, among others. Digital technologies, supposed designed implemented surveillance critical growth development. For instance, interactions, augmented reality, virtual reality could incorporated supporting service health; used monitor while protecting individual privacy; big data artificial intelligence decision making whether go out physical activities schools reopened. Implications clinical practices, therapeutic future directions address current effort gaps highlighted study.