Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on self-poisoning behaviour with mild analgesics in Danish youth
CONCLUSION: These findings indicate that the restrictions enforced during the second lockdown greatly impacted youth mental health, especially girls, leading to an 85% increase in self-poisonings. We hope for increased awareness of mental health in children and adolescents during possible future lockdowns.PMID:38625374 | DOI:10.1080/08039488.2024.2339433
Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gurbhej Singh Jonathan Pommer Hansen Ditte Hulgaard Mads Damkj ær Erik Christiansen Source Type: research
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