Assessing the pandemic’s impact on adolescents with and without ADHD

Understanding factors that foster resilience and buffer against the negative psychological impact of COVID-19 is critical to inform efforts to promote adjustment, reduce risk and improve care, particularly for adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders.

In a new prospective longitudinal study, Melissa Dvorsky, Ph.D., director of the ADHD & Learning Differences Program at Children’s National Hospital and lead author, and others address this gap by investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents’ mental health and substance use, and by assessing specific positive coping strategies among adolescents with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Read the full study in Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.