The Effect of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents: A Call to Adopt Urgent Measures
- Fontanesi L.
- Marchetti D.
- Mazza C.
- Di Giandomenico S. D.
- Roma P.
- Verrocchio M. C.
Publication date
January 2020
DOI Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)Abstract
The COVID-19 health crisis is strongly affecting the mental health of the general population. In particular, the pandemic may be producing psychological distress and collateral concerns for parents in lockdown, due to unstable financial circumstances, school closures, and suspended educational services for children. A call for measures to increase family-based interventions during the emergency is urgently needed to forestall psychopathological trajectories and prevent the exacerbation of vulnerable conditions
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