By Joseph on Monday, 31 May 2021
Category: Race, Culture, Nation

Covid, Enough to Drive One Mad, or Very Ill By Mrs Vera West

The topic not receiving the consideration it needs, is the longer-term psychological effects that the Covid plandemic has generated. There is evidence that there could be severe mental health consequences of lockdowns, that have not yet been felt. Psychologists will have plenty of work in the decades to come, especially dealing with present day children and teenagers.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/16/health/teen-mental-health-pandemic-wellness/index.html

“Nearly half of parents reported their teenagers faced new or worsening mental health conditions since the pandemic began, a new poll has found. 

A survey of 977 parents with children ages 13 to 18 analyzed teen mental health conditions like anxiety, depression and aggressive behavior during the pandemic. The national poll, conducted by Ipsos for C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan Medical School, looked at how parents were helping teens cope and whether they believed their strategies were successful. 

The restrictions to control the spread of Covid-19 have kept teens at home "at the age they were primed to seek independence from their families," said poll co-director Dr. Gary Freed, who is the Percy and Mary Murphy professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan.

The pandemic has severely disrupted their lives, Freed said, pointing to the cancellation of school activities and the inability to hang out with friends due to social distancing.

 

Not surprisingly, many teens are feeling "frustrated, anxious and disconnected" as a result. 

Three in four parents surveyed said Covid-19 had negatively impacted their teens' ability to socialize with their friends nearly every day.”

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