{"id":7858,"date":"2021-06-07T09:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T09:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childmentalhealthcharter.com\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2021-06-07T09:53:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T09:53:13","slug":"07-06-21-thousands-of-children-living-in-poverty-have-had-their-mental-health-crushed-by-lockdown-says-the-daily-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childmentalhealthcharter.com\/07-06-21-thousands-of-children-living-in-poverty-have-had-their-mental-health-crushed-by-lockdown-says-the-daily-mail","title":{"rendered":"07\/06\/21 \u2013 \u2018Thousands of Children Living in Poverty have had their Mental Health \u2018Crushed\u2019 by Lockdown\u2019 says \u2018The Daily Mail\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]By Helen Clark: Director, Child Mental Health Charter Campaign\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u2018The Daily Mail,\u2019 (since 19th June 2020, Britain\u2019s biggest selling daily newspaper) has revealed that more than a quarter of 75 different charities report that children have expressed suicidal thoughts and 41% said that some children had been abused in their home during lockdown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The findings include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Almost four out of five charities said that social distancing and a lack of social interaction were still <\/b>damaging children\u2019s mental health despite lockdown easing measures\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Children living in poverty are worrying about school and having suicidal thoughts\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Lockdowns have exacerbated chronic anxiety, stress, inadequate diets, domestic violence, loss of peer support and rapid mental health deterioration\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The most common mental health symptoms were heightened anxiety and depression; trends that are likely to be mirrored nationwide\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Three in twenty charities had encountered children and young people misusing drugs\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Children with eating disorders were being helped by two in five of the charities\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Three in twenty of the charities had encountered children misusing alcohol\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, an honorary consultant at Public Health England said that the wellbeing and mental health of the most disadvantaged children had been (and was continuing to be) most seriously affected. She maintained that a national recovery process must:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Address pre-existing inequalities and offer safe spaces, support and restorative play and activities for those most in need.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Helen Clark, Director of the Child Mental Health Charter Campaign said:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018These findings are absolutely not a surprise \u2013 the Charter Campaign has been stressing the urgent need for immediate action of all these fronts for\u00a0<\/i>many months now. And the persuasive case made by Dr Newlove echoes precisely the argument presented by the APPG on \u2018 A Fit and Healthy Childhood\u2019 in its Report \u2018The Covid Generation, A Mental Health Pandemic in the Making\u2019 published on 19<\/i>th <\/i>April 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The Report authors would agree with Dr Newlove that the only recovery strategy likely to succeed in restoring the health and wellbeing of <\/i>ALL <\/i><\/b>chidlren is one that addresses <\/i>\u2018pre-existing inequalities\u2019 <\/i><\/b>as a top priority.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

However, \u2018The Daily Mail\u2019s conclusions are perhaps most pertinent.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The paper warns:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u2018Despite recent debate focusing on educational catch-up efforts, today\u2019s findings will intensify fears over a looming mental health crisis among \u2018the Covid Generation\u2019 (\u2018The Daily Mail\u2019, 5th June 2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Perhaps it is about time that the Government listened to the nation\u2019s most popular newspaper!\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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