SOSD Psicologia Ospedaliera, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria delle Marche, Dipartimento Materno Infantile “G. Salesi”, 60123 Ancona, Italy

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• Research Article   
  COVID-19 and developmental psycho-affective consequences
  Author(s): Papa Oriana*, Pelucchini Margherita, Volpini Alberto, Pizzi Simone, Rossi Federico and Fabiani Elisabetta
  
  This study examines all the children and adolescents who have sought help, without an organic objective cause, from the Emergency Room in the “G. Salesi” Maternal and Child Health Department at the Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria delle Marche of Ancona (Italy), between March and December 2020, when COVID-19 spread. Retrospectively, questions were asked about the internal dynamics and the potential increase on developmental mental illnesses in our region (Marche). The total sample, of 765 patients between the ages of 3 years to 15 years of age, was divided into 2 sub-samples for the year 2019 and 2020. During the two lockdowns of 2020, a 13.10% increase in access due to anxiety-depression and a 6.38% increase due to selfharming was found compared to 2019. There was also a 11.79% decrease in access due to externalising symptoms, a 1.86% decrease due to abuse and a 7.8.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37532/PULJCP.2023.7(1):9-19

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