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LATEST STUDY RESULTS PRESENTED

On Tuesday, December 4, 2024, Prof. Dr. Ravens-Sieberer and Dr. Kaman presented the results of the sixth and seventh COPSY survey at a press conference. The COPSY study shows that even years after the coronavirus pandemic, the mental health of children and young people in Germany is still significantly worse than before the pandemic.

Press release COPSY study (04/12/2024)

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Publication of current HBSC results

At the satellite day of the "Poverty and Health" congress in Berlin, we presented the latest results of the HBSC study . Most schoolchildren in Germany rate their health as good and are satisfied with their lives overall. However, it also shows that many children do not get enough exercise and that psychosomatic complaints have increased, pupils from less affluent families are more affected.

All results can be found in the current Journal of Health Monitorig .

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Sixth COPSY survey wave completed

The sixth survey wave of our COPSY study was conducted in November 2023. We would like to thank the 1,734 families who took part in the sixth COPSY survey.

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Eleven- to seventeen-year-olds suffered particularly often from the pandemic-related school closures

In a press release Prof. Dr. Christina Felfe from the University Konstanz and Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf reported on the consequences of the pandemic-related school closures in Germany.

Press release (Aug. 18, 2023)

The study results have been published in Science Advances.

Felfe, C., Saurer, J., Schneider, P., Vornberger, J., Erhart, M., Kaman, A., & Ravens-Sieberer, U. (2023). The youth mental health crisis: Quasi-experimental evidence on the role of school closures. Science Advances, 9(33), eadh4030.

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In February 2023, the joint project of the COMO Study was launched, which investigates the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health as well as the health behavior of children and adolescents in Germany against the background of socio-ecological contexts. The kick-off meeting took place in Karlsruhe on 27 and 28 February.

Further information COMO Study

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Results of the fifth survey round are available: Corona continues to burden children and young people - new crises are looming

In a press release Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf reported results of the fifth wave of the COPSY study.

Press release (Dec 19, 2022)

The results of the fifth survey wave of the COPSY study were submitted for publication in a scientific journal. The not yet peer-reviewed manuscript is available on a preprint server.

Ravens-Sieberer, U., Devine, J., Napp, A.-K., Kaman, A., Saftig, L., Gilbert, M., Reiss, F., Löffler, C., Simon, A., Hurrelmann, K., Walper, S., Schlack, R., Hölling, H., Wieler, L.H. & Erhart, M. (2022). Three years into the pandemic: Results of the longitudinal German COPSY study on youth mental health and health-related quality of life.

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THE MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN GERMANY IS STILL IMPAIRED DURING THE PANDEMIC - results of the second wave of the COPSY study

In a press conference Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer reported results of the second wave of the COPSY study at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf on February 10, 2021.

Press release (Feb 10, 2021)

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START OF THE FOLLOW-UP ASSESSMENT IN THE STUDY „Corona and Psyche“ - COPSY study wave 2

On Dec 17th we started the follow-up measurement of our COPSY study . A big thank you to all the children and adolescents, and to all the parents who support our study with their participation! A Merry and Healthy Christmas to Everyone!

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RECOMMENDATION OF THE KIDSCREEN-10

The KIDSCREEN-10 developed by Prof. Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer and the European KIDSCREEN-Group is recommended by the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) as part of their 'standard set of outcome measures for child and youth anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post traumatic stress disorder'. Please find free access to the Lancet Psychiatry "Online First” article, to which Prof. Ravens-Sieberer contributed, here

PhD PRIZE

The Hedwig Wallis-PhD prize 2020 of the 'Freundes-und Förderkreis des Universitätsklinikums Hamburg-Eppendorf e.V' was awarded to our colleague Dr. Ann-Katrin Meyrose for her excellent doctoral thesis in the field of psychosocial medicine.
A German-speaking description with more information can be found here .

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PUBLICATION

A research letter on results of the German-wide COPSY study has been published online first in Deutsches Ärzteblatt on November 5, 2020.

Ravens-Sieberer U, Kaman A, Otto C, Adedeji A, Devine J, Erhart M, Napp AK, Becker M, Blanck-Stellmacher U, Löffler C, Schlack R, Hurrelmann K: Mental health and quality of life in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic - results of the COPSY study. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2020; 117: 828–9. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0828

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PREPRINT OF PUBLICATION

An english-speaking manuscript with results of the German-wide COPSY study has been submitted to an international scientific journal. The manuscript can be found on a preprint server:

Ravens-Sieberer, U, Kaman, A, Otto, C, Erhart, M, Devine, J, Schlack, R, Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Life and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents (October 05, 2020).

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PUBLICATION

Results of the most recent wave of the HBSC study (2017/2018) on child and adolescent health in Germany are published. Subjective health, well-being, (cyber-) bullying, body satisfaction, physical activity, dietary habits, and alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use were investigated. Results are presented in Volume 03/2020 of the Journal of Health Monitoring .

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PUBLICATION

A new international scientific paper published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry describes the 5th measurement point of the BELLA study and presents results on the mental health and wellbeing in children, adolescents and young adults in Germany:

Otto, C, Reiss, F, Voss, C, Wüstner, A, Meyrose, A-K, Hölling, H, Ravens-Sieberer, U (2020). Mental health and well-being from childhood to adulthood: design, methods and results of the 11-year follow-up of the BELLA study.

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STUDY RESULTS

The mental health in children and adolescents in Germany is impaired during the pandemic. In a press conference on July 10, 2020, at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer reports on results of the COPSY study .

Press release (July 10, 2020)

Expert interview with Prof. Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer (July 10, 2020)

COPSY in the national German news programm "Tagesthemen" (July 10th, 2020)

Süddeutsche Zeitung: Pandemie und Psyche (July 10, 2020)

Focus: "Die meisten fühlen sich belastet" Hamburger Studie zeigt: Jedes zweite Kind leidet psychisch unter Corona-Kontaktverbot (July 10, 2020)

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STUDY

The Child Public Health Research Section has a new study on the effects and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of children and adolescents in Germany. The COPSY study is led by Prof. Dr. Ravens-Sieberer and conducted by the Child Public Health Research Section at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Press release (May 29,2020)

Süddeutsche Zeitung: Studie untersucht Folgen der Corona-Krise auf Kinder-Psyche (May 29, 2020)

Hamburg 1: Wie erleben Kinder die Corona Pandemie (May 29, 2020)

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STUDY RESULTS

The current results of the HBSC Study 2017/18 on child and adolescent health are now available in the form of fact sheets . In addition to a basic fact sheet on the methodology of the HBSC study, results are presented on health-related topics such as well-being, substance consumption, psychosomatic complaints, nutrition, exercise and (cyber) bullying.

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STUDY

The European care project MOCHA , in which the Child Public Health Research Section was involved as Country Agents for Germany, has now been successfully completed.

MOCHA is a major research project within the Horizon 2020 funding program of the European Union for the comparative evaluation of different models of child health care in Europe.

Further information, the final report as well as all published articles and interim reports can be found on the project Website (http://www.childhealthservicemodels.eu/).

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STUDY

During the next months, the next survey within in HBSC Study will be done. A sample of German schoolboys and schoolgirls will be questioned about their physical health, nutrition, mental health and well-being. We thank all schools for supporting the study as well as the participations pupils!

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STUDY

In February 2017, the data collection of ADOPT-epidmiology started. Thanks to all participating families!

MEETING OF EXPERTS

On the 28th of November 2017, the EBWo project invited experts from Germany and abroad to a workshop on educational and health research to Hamburg. Thanks to all participants for the interesting discussion!

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STUDY

In November 2017, the data collection of the fourth wave of the BELLA study was finished. The BELLA study provides recent data on mental health and health-related quality of life of children, adolescents and young adults in Germany.

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PUBLICATION

The third Special Issue of the Journal of Health Monitoring presents information on the fourth wave of the BELLA study . The BELLA Wave 4 is a combination of cross-sectional and cohort online survey.

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