A Canadian study has found that remote learning, brought in under Covid lockdowns, increases the risk of school-age children suffering from depression and anxiety.
The U.S. Surgeon General has said that school closures and a lack of socialisation as a result of lockdown policy have exacerbated the country's youth mental health crisis.
A study conducted by Cardiff University shows that lockdown was damaging to the mental and physical health of young children, with respondents reporting an increase in 'emotional difficulties' and other problems.
There was a large increase in the number of people experiencing psychosis over the past two years of lockdowns and social isolation in England, matching an increase in anxiety and depression around the world.
As the mental health crisis deepens and patients struggle to access face-to-face GP appointments, more than 300 people a day are attending A&E departments complaining of depression.
Record numbers of children and young people are seeking access to mental health services, according to analysis by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and an "unprecedented" number of children are waiting for care.
There has been a more than 50% increase in the number of children going to A&E with serious mental health problems since the beginning of lockdowns and almost 30,000 are being prescribed antidepressants each month.
The number of children referred to the children's charity Barnardo's for foster care rose by more than a third over the past year of lockdowns, as job losses and worsening mental health led to more family breakdowns.
A Victoria health official has admitted that playgrounds have been shut in the state during lockdowns not because of the risk of children spreading Covid but to stop parents from being able to meet.
Record numbers of antidepressants are being prescribed to young children, with almost 250,000 prescribed to children aged between five and 16 in 2020 – the year of lockdowns – alone.
