Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of life and mental health in children and adolescents in Germany

Ulrike Ravens‐Sieberer; Anne Kaman; Michael Erhart; Janine Devine; Robert Schlack; Christiane Otto

doi:10.1007/s00787-021-01726-5

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Mental healthPandemicMedicineAnxietyQuality of life (healthcare)Child and adolescent psychiatryDepression (economics)Socioeconomic statusStrengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireCohort studyPsychiatryEnvironmental healthGerontologyDemographyPsychologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Population

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Year: 2021
Type: article
Volume: 31
Issue: 6
Pages: 879-889
Citations: 1021
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                                    Ulrike Ravens‐Sieberer, 
                                
                                    Anne Kaman, 
                                
                                    Michael Erhart
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2021). 
                            Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of life and mental health in children and adolescents in Germany. 
                            European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
                            , 31
                            (6)
                            , 879-889.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01726-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1007/s00787-021-01726-5