Abstract：
Latinx children, youth, and families in the United States have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic compared to non-Latinxs, experiencing a higher burden of deaths, economic adversity, parental stress, and mental health problems. At the same time, Latinx children, youth, and families in the United States have rich cultural and community resources that serve as a source of protection and promotion. To our knowledge, no special issue has been devoted to the impact of the pandemic on Latinx children, youth, and families, which limits opportunities to examine its implications for clinical theory, research, assessment, policy, and practice. To address this gap, we present this special issue entitled \"Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Latinx children, youth, and families: Clinical challenges and opportunities,\" a collection of nine articles written by Latinx scholars. In this introduction, we explain why it is important to center Latinx children, youth, and families and why we need to use a structural-intersectional approach. We summarize the articles in this collection by grouping them by themes: immigration and family separation; the impact of family economic adversity; school and family contexts of mental health; the pandemic experience of Latinx LGBTQ and AfroLatinx youth; and a model to imagine the future of Latinx children, youth, and families. We conclude with a brief summary and suggestions for future research.
摘要：
拉丁裔儿童，青春,与非拉丁裔相比，美国家庭受到COVID-19大流行的影响不成比例，经历更高的死亡负担，经济逆境,父母的压力,和心理健康问题。同时,拉丁裔儿童，青春,和家庭在美国有丰富的文化和社区资源，作为保护和促进的来源。据我们所知,没有专门讨论大流行对拉丁裔儿童的影响，青春,和家庭，这限制了研究其对临床理论的影响的机会，研究,评估，政策,和实践。为了解决这个差距，我们提出这个特刊，题为“了解COVID-19大流行对拉丁裔儿童心理健康的影响，青春,和家庭：临床挑战和机遇，“由拉丁裔学者撰写的九篇文章。在本介绍中,我们解释为什么以拉丁裔儿童为中心很重要，青春,和家庭以及为什么我们需要使用结构交叉方法。我们通过按主题分组来总结本系列中的文章：移民和家庭分离；家庭经济逆境的影响；心理健康的学校和家庭背景；LatinxLGBTQ和AfroLatinx青年的大流行经历；以及想象拉丁裔儿童未来的模型，青春,和家庭。最后，我们简要总结并对未来的研究提出建议。
