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NSPCC warns of lockdown's toll on children's mental health

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

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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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/36eiYeA

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