Heightened risk of child maltreatment amid the COVID-19 pandemic can exacerbate mental health problems for the next generation

Psychol Trauma. 2020 Aug;12(S1):S195-S196. doi: 10.1037/tra0000597. Epub 2020 May 28.

Abstract

The spread of the COVID-19 disrupted ecological systems in which children develop, exacerbating threats to their safety and increasing their vulnerability to future psychopathology. Supports to reduce sources of stress for caregivers and protect children from threats to their safety are warranted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Adult
  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Child Abuse* / prevention & control
  • Child Rearing* / psychology
  • Coronavirus Infections*
  • Family* / psychology
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders* / etiology
  • Mental Disorders* / prevention & control
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral*
  • Stress, Psychological* / etiology
  • Stress, Psychological* / prevention & control
  • Stress, Psychological* / psychology