Editorial Perspective: Cabin fever – the impact of lockdown on children and young people

Crawford, Paul

Abstract

This article debates the impact of the pandemic lockdown on the mental health of children and young people. It proposes that children and young people have been subject to the kind of psychological distress that has featured as the folk syndrome, cabin fever. Drawing on the evidence about the impact of prolonged confinement and isolation on mental health, not least in penal and spaceflight contexts, the article points to a long tail of mental health challenges for children and young people through and in the wake of the pandemic. Finally, the article summarises some of the antidotes for cabin fever and new, exciting, creative digital interventions developed in the UK that may assist upstream mental health literacy and complement and support the work of child and adolescent mental health services.

Citation

Crawford, P. (2021). Editorial Perspective: Cabin fever – the impact of lockdown on children and young people. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 26(2), 167-168. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12458

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 26, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Mar 22, 2021
• Publication Date: May 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Mar 12, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 23, 2022
• Journal: Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Print ISSN: 1475-357X
• Electronic ISSN: 1475-3588
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 167-168
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12458
• Keywords: Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health; Psychiatry and Mental health
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5388842
• Publisher URL: https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/camh.12458