Child and youth mental health problems have doubled during COVID-19

Medical X-Press – Brae Anne McArthur, Nicole Racine and Sheri Madigan

For most children and adolescents, the past year has been a shadow of a typical childhood. Instead, there have been strict stay-at-home orders, repeated opening and closures of schools, social distancing from peers and other supports, limited or no access to sport and extracurricular activities, and many missed milestones such as graduation.

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