Hidden scars: the impact of violence and the COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health
Hidden scars: the impact of violence and the COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health
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DOI：
10.1186/s13034-020-00340-8
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发表时间：
2020-09-10
影响因子：
5.6
通讯作者：
Maalla M'jid, Najat
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作者：
Maalla M'jid, Najat
每年有超过10亿儿童遭受暴力侵害。暴力行为对儿童心理健康造成的毁灭性的直接和长期影响是众所周知的。尽管国际社会承诺终止暴力侵害儿童行为并支持他们的心理健康，但在全球范围内提供高质量、基于权利、文化上适当的心理保健服务的投资和能力严重不足。COVID-19疫情的到来加剧了这些挑战。本文概述了儿童遭受暴力的风险如何增加，以及这一流行病如何削弱了儿童保护和心理健康服务的应对能力。这篇文章认为，在大流行期间和之后，儿童保护、心理健康和其他核心服务应被优先考虑。如果不能做到这一点，国际社会到2030年实现可持续发展目标和履行《联合国儿童权利公约》义务的能力将受到损害。
More than 1 billion children are exposed to violence every year. The devastating immediate and long-term impact of violence on the mental health of children is well established. Despite commitments made by the international community to end violence against children and support their mental health, there has been a serious lack of investment and capacity to provide quality, rights-based, culturally appropriate mental health care globally. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified these challenges. This article outlines how the risk of children experiencing violence has increased and how the pandemic has weakened the capacity of child protection and mental health services to respond. The article argues for child protection, mental health and other core services to be prioritized during and after the pandemic. A failure to do so will undermine the international community's ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and to fulfil its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.