Pandemic life in families with health anxiety symptoms, parental perspectives

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic has influenced children and parents worldwide. The pandemic has also been suggested to especially affect and exacerbate health anxiety (HA) symptoms in children and adolescents. However, there is limited understanding of the potential mechanisms challenges of families where parents themselves experience mental health issues such as high degree of HA symptoms.

Keywords

• health anxiety
• qualitative approaches
• covid-19
• child and adolescent mental health
• parental worries