About The Study: The results of this cross-sectional study suggest that trends in mental health diagnoses among children and adolescents in the U.S. differed greatly by age and sex over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Female youth, especially female adolescents, represented the most vulnerable population with regard to marked increases in the prevalence of mental health diagnoses during the pandemic, the most pronounced being the prevalence of eating disorders.
Authors: Loreen Straub, M.D., M.S., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.14415)
