Nearly One-Third Of US Adults Say Pandemic Has Had “Very Negative Effect” On Mental Health Of Children, Poll Finds

The Hill (3/28, Barnes) reports, “Thirty-two percent of U.S. adults in a YouGov poll released Monday said the pandemic had a ‘very negative effect’ on children’s mental health, while another 39 percent said the pandemic’s mental toll on kids was ‘somewhat negative.’” The poll “follows recent survey data that shows a quarter of adolescent children between the ages of 11 and 18 had seen a mental health specialist over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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— “A third of Americans say pandemic had ‘very negative effect’ on children’s mental health “Adam Barnes, The Hill, March 28, 2022

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