NSPCC warns of lockdown's toll on children's mental health https://ift.tt/36eiYeA Ian Sample Science editor Charity reports young people are feeling insecure and cut off from support networks Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Rising stress levels have taken a toll on the mental and emotional health of young people since the first coronavirus lockdown was imposed in March, children’s charity the NSPCC has warned. Calls to the charity’s ChildLine service reached nearly 43,000 between March and October, with mental health worries making up more than a third of all its counselling sessions, new figures showed. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J November 09, 2020 at 02:01AM

Charity reports young people are feeling insecure and cut off from support networks

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Rising stress levels have taken a toll on the mental and emotional health of young people since the first coronavirus lockdown was imposed in March, children’s charity the NSPCC has warned.

Calls to the charity’s ChildLine service reached nearly 43,000 between March and October, with mental health worries making up more than a third of all its counselling sessions, new figures showed.

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