COVID-19 lockdowns taking a heavy toll on the mental health of young people
Both the mental health effects and damage done to the education of young people by repeated lockdowns across the world have been points of concern for a number of governments, but the two have not often been combined in public discourse. However, Dr. Tali Shenfield, Clinical Director of Toronto’s Advanced Psychology Services Center, believes that the threat to the mental health of young people could be one of the most serious and lasting effects of the pandemic period. Though young people face only a small risk of becoming ill with COVID-19, research indicates that they’re disproportionat...