This article debates the impact of the pandemic lockdown on the mental health of children and young people. It proposes that children and young people have been subject to the kind of psychological distress that has featured as the folk syndrome, cabin fever. Drawing on the evidence about the impact of prolonged confinement and isolation on mental health, not least in penal and spaceflight contexts, the article points to a long tail of mental health challenges for children and young people through and in the wake of the pandemic. Finally, the article summarizes some of the antidotes for cabin fever and new, exciting, creative digital interventions that may assist upstream mental health literacy and complement and support the work of child and adolescent mental health services.

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社论视角：小屋热——封锁对儿童和年轻人的影响

本文讨论了大流行封锁对儿童和青少年心理健康的影响。它提出，儿童和年轻人一直受到以民间综合症、舱房热为特征的心理困扰。文章利用关于长期监禁和隔离对心理健康影响的证据，尤其是在刑事和航天背景下，指出大流行期间和之后儿童和年轻人面临的心理健康挑战的长尾。最后，文章总结了一些舱房热的解毒剂和新的、令人兴奋的、创造性的数字干预措施，这些干预措施可能有助于上游心理健康素养，补充和支持儿童和青少年心理健康服务的工作。