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( Natural News ) Lockdowns due to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) have resulted in a massive spike in mental health cases among children in the United Kingdom.
A new study found that COVID-19 lockdowns caused tens of thousands of British children to suffer clinical depression. A further examination of data published in the Royal Society Open Science journal indicated that British adolescents aged 11 to 15 showed greater levels of depressive symptoms and lower levels of life satisfaction.
Researchers detected a 27.1 percent prevalence of depression among their sample, a number significantly higher than would have occurred without lockdowns. That number equates to an additional 60,000 children experiencing high levels of depression, according to the study’s metrics.
The journal defined high depressive symptoms using a 13-item self-report measure of depressive symptoms during the previous two weeks, with possible total scores ranging from 0 to 26. Higher scores indicate greater depression.“After controlling […]
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