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Importance of Family Time During COVID-19
A UH study published in the Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry shows the benefits of stay-at-home measures and quality time with family. Photo is courtesy of August de Richelieu from Pexels.
Carla Sharp is UH clinical psychology professor and director of the Developmental Psychopathology Lab.
(l-r) UH doctoral student Francesca Penner, study coordinator; and Jessica Hernandez Ortiz, study co-author
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the mental health of millions of Americans, but a study by the University of Houston finds that Hispanic/Latinx adolescents who had elevated levels of mental health problems prior to the pandemic actually experienced a reduction in symptoms during the early stages of the public health crisis.