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School closures, distance learning and a lack of sports and opportunities to socialize have damaged the mental health of many adolescents, Quebec’s senior pediatricians say.
About 40 per cent of beds in pediatric hospitals are filled with youth suffering from eating disorders, anxiety and depression more than double the numbers seen in previous years, the physicians wrote in a letter to Premier François Legault, Education Minister Jean-François Roberge and public health director Horacio Arruda.
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Clients work out at a gym in Granby, Que., on Monday, finally able to pump iron after gyms were closed for about six months. Gyms are still closed in the Montreal region.(Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)