Mental Health Assessment of Youth with Sickle Cell Disease and Their Primary Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nancy S. Green, MD,1,6 Deepa Manwani, MD,2 Kim Smith-Whitley, MD,3 Banu Aygun, MD,4 Abena Appiah-Kubi, MD, MS4 Arlene M. Smaldone, PhD, CPNP-PC, FAAN5
1 Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem cell transplantation, Dept. of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY
2 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Dept. of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
3 Division of Hematology and Oncology and Stem cell transplantation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
4 Division of Hematology and Oncology and Cellular Therapy, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
5 School of Nursing and College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY
6 Corresponding author:
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Short running title: Pandemic Mental Health in Youth and Caretakers
Key words: Sickle cell disease, pandemic, youth, mental health, depression, anxiety
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