Health records reveal stable hospital admissions for children, suggesting a rise in externalizing problems linked to the pandemic.
Changes in hospital admissions during the pandemic, especially for neurodevelopmental and severe mental disorders (e.g., autism), suggest stable overall admission rates but a possible increase in externalizing problems. It was suggested that the pandemic did not directly increase psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents but was associated with an increase in externalizing problems.
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