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Pandemic restrictions aggravating known triggers for self-harm and poor mental health
Experts have issued a stark warning about the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of children and young people.
Even before the pandemic, we were seeing deteriorating mental health among children and young people, which was amplified by inadequate service provision to support their needs Tamsin Ford
Writing in The BMJ, Professor Tamsin Ford at the University of Cambridge and colleagues say deterioration in mental health is clearest among families already struggling and call for urgent action “to ensure that this generation is not disproportionately disadvantaged by COVID-19.”
Known triggers for self-harm and poor mental health are aggravated by pandemic restrictions, warn experts Today, experts issue a 'stark warning' about.