Post-COVID-19 Mental Health Distress in 13 Million Youth: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Electronic Health Records.

Objective: To investigate the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 infection on the rates of mental disorders in youth.

Method: The study involved 7,519,465 children and 5,338,496 adolescents from the TriNetX Research Network, all without prior mental disorder histories. Among them, 290,145 children and 223,667 adolescents had SARS-CoV-2-positive tests or confirmed COVID-19 diagnoses.