Lockdowns Drove Tens of Thousands of Kids into ‘Clinical Depression’ – Study

Tens of thousands of kids in the United Kingdom have been driven into clinical depression by coronavirus lockdowns, a study has found.

Lockdowns hoping to curb the spread of the Chinese coronavirus have driven tens of thousands of kids in the United Kingdom to clinical depression, a study published on Wednesday has suggested.

The study’s findings mirror those of a number of other investigations which found that children have been negatively affected as a result of harsh COVID-19 restrictions, which saw young people’s activities heavily restricted for an extended period of time.

According to the paper published in the Royal Society Open Science journal, children attending secondary schools in the United Kingdom found themselves suffering more from clinical depression as a result of COVID clampdowns.

Researchers found that 27.1 per cent prevalence of depression among their thousands-strong sample, which they say represents a notable increase from where they would have expected the percentage to be had the pandemic never occurred. – READ MORE