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The impact of the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on referral patterns and therapeutic service provision for children and young people’s psychosocial distress in a Low-or Middle-Income Country: A service evaluation of routinely collected data from a non-government organisation operating in schools in the Western Cape, South Africa

Emma Wilson
Maria Loades
Suzanne Human
Bronwynè Coetzee
Hermine Gericke
Gerrit Laning

20242 citationsOpen accessStellenbosch University

Abstract

Routinely collected data from this community-based service in a LMIC context shows differences in the way that support was provided, and to whom, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical implications, including the importance of increasing access to psychosocial support via technology, are included.

Research topics

Family Support in Illness
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Family and Disability Support Research

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DOI: 10.1177/13591045241264861

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