Children Worst Affected in Mental Health Crisis During Pandemic: UK Analysis

Children Worst Affected in Mental Health Crisis During Pandemic: UK Analysis
A COVID-19 information poster is pictured on the fence of an empty children's play park in Manchester, northern England, on Feb. 15, 2021. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
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Children and young people are bearing the brunt of the mental health crisis caused by the CCP virus pandemic, and mental health services are at risk of being overrun, a professional psychiatric body warned on Friday.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists said its analysis showed that almost 400,000 children and 2.2 million adults sought help for mental health problems during the pandemic, and 1.68 million more sessions were given during the pandemic.