Pilan, Birsen SenturkKaleli, Ipek InalCek, DidemOzcan, TugceAzizov, FaigHuseynova, SamiraCengiz, Gizem2024-08-252024-08-2520232147-9445https://doi.org/10.4274/jpr.galenos.2023.66587https://hdl.handle.net/11454/102300Aim: This study aimed to understand how the pandemic has affected the mental health of adolescents with a previous psychiatric diagnosis.Materials and Methods: Fifty-nine patients aged 12-18 years who had been previously followed up in the adolescent mental health unit were included in this study. The participants were interviewed via telephone between June-July, 2020 and December, 2020-January 2021. Their socio-demographic data, psychiatric diagnoses and the previous Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scores were obtained from the patient files. The clinical global follow-up scale was scored by the interviewing physician.Results: Past CGI scores before the pandemic were significantly greater for those participants with more than one psychiatric condition (p=0.024). For those participants with more than one psychiatric condition, the difference between the CGI scores prior to the pandemic and during the early stages of the pandemic were significant (p=0.004). The total satisfaction scores for telepsychiatry services assessed via the telemedicine evaluation form were statistically higher for those participants with a single psychiatric disorder (p=0.023). The past and early pandemic CGI scores were found to be inversely correlated with the telemedicine evaluation form with r=-0.338, p=0.019, r=-0.353 p=0.014, respectively. Conclusion: The present study offers a perspective for adolescent mental health during the pandemic, underlining the importance and caveats of healthcare delivery to the youth with mental health problems during lockdown.en10.4274/jpr.galenos.2023.66587info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessChild and adolescent psychiatryCOVID-19 pandemicmental healthtelemental healthtelepsychiatryChildrenAdhdArticle1018086WOS:000942583000012Q4