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Enforced isolation can increase risk of mental health problems in children, adolescents – News-Medical.Net

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated widespread social isolation, affecting all ages of global society.

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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 19 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated widespread social isolation, affecting all ages of global society.
A new rapid review in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports on the available evidence about children and young people specifically, stating that loneliness is associated with mental health problems, including depression and anxiety-potentially affecting them years later.
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