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“Children and adolescents are experiencing a prolonged state of physical isolation from their peers, teachers, extended families, and community networks,” the authors wrote. “Duration of quarantine, fear of infection, boredom, frustration, lack of necessary supplies, lack of information, financial loss, and stigma appear to increase the risk of negative psychological outcomes.
“Social distancing and school closures may therefore increase mental health problems in children and adolescents, already at higher risk of developing mental health problems compared to adults at a time when they are also experiencing anxiety over a health threat and threats to family employment/income.”
In an email, Rhode Island Health Department spokesman Joseph Wendelken said his office has “not observed an increase in the number of suicides to date” but the proportion of emergency-department visits among Rhode Islanders age 10 to 17 “relating to suicidal thoughts and actions was approxim
PARENTS of pupils at John of Gaunt School in Trowbridge have shown their appreciation by delivering cards, flowers and more than 600 Cadbury s Creme Eggs for the staff. The Friends of John of Gaunt wanted to recognise the incredible work the school has undertaken over lockdown. The group, which is made up of almost 200 school parents, said: We want to say thank you. We are so lucky to have an incredible team who work tirelessly for the students and parents. These have been challenging times and you have all overcome many difficult obstacles to keep us supported and informed while providing a first class service.
PARENTS of pupils at John of Gaunt School in Trowbridge have shown their appreciation by delivering cards, flowers and more than 600 Cadbury s Creme Eggs for the staff. The Friends of John of Gaunt wanted to recognise the incredible work the school has undertaken over lockdown. The group, which is made up of almost 200 school parents, said: We want to say thank you. We are so lucky to have an incredible team who work tirelessly for the students and parents. These have been challenging times and you have all overcome many difficult obstacles to keep us supported and informed while providing a first class service.
CUMBERLAND As the coronavirus pandemic stretched from days to weeks to months without end, the mental health of Amanda Choiniere’s daughter Isabella, 16, and son, Ben, 13, began to suffer. Home-schooling, social isolation and the transformation of life to the netherworld they and many other children now inhabit exacted a price.
“When a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old can no longer play sports that they usually play or interact with friends they usually hang out with on a normal basis, that impacts, of course, their mental health status,” said Choiniere, who works, remotely now, for Adoption Rhode Island.
Ben, who attends middle school, finds himself frequently frustrated, his mother said.