Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Mental Health for Children and Adolescents

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Mental Health for Children and AdolescentsStates and localities are taking unprecedented steps to respond to the public health threat posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Among the measures intended to promote social distancing, many schools have been closed and classes shifted to homebased distance-learning models.The first school closures began in mid-March 2020 and some states have already closed schools for the rest of the academic year.Nearly all of the 55 million students in kindergarten through 12th grade in the US are affected by these closures.School closures substantially disrupt the lives of students and their families and may have…