THE government must urgently address a surge in Covid-related anxiety and mental health problems among children as part of its school catch-up plans, according to a report published today.
Researchers have found that school leaders are seeing increasing cases of actual or threatened self-harm, including suicide, among children during the pandemic.
The study by the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) involved interviews by senior staff at 50 schools, predominantly in deprived areas of England.
Most reported a deterioration in children’s mental health and wellbeing since the start of the coronavirus crisis, including a rise in separation anxiety where children experience extreme distress while separated from loved ones hypervigilance, germ phobia and performance anxiety.
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