id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-350648-y0ufxwhq Bahn, Geon Ho Coronavirus Disease 2019, School Closures, and Children’s Mental Health 2020-04-01 .txt text/plain 3945 181 48 The author briefly reviewed the existing literature on the mental health aspects of disasters and presents the issues related to school closures due to pandemics, from medical and socioeconomic perspectives and in terms of children's mental health. The results of this review suggest that research on children's mental health in relation to the adoption of school closures as a pandemic mitigation strategy is urgently needed. Although an examination of all obstacles and possible solutions may not be possible at the moment, this study reviewed the existing literature for methods (even temporary or incomplete ones) to address children's mental health issues that are related to the COVID-19 outbreak and resultant school closures. Three topics regarding children's mental health and school closures were examined in order to support children's development during and after the COVID-19 outbreak: fear management, misinformation control, and strengthening resilience (Fig. 1) . ./cache/cord-350648-y0ufxwhq.txt ./txt/cord-350648-y0ufxwhq.txt