Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health services.

Hannah Chu-Han HuangDennis Ougrin

Published in: BJPsych open (2021)

The COVID-19 pandemic and government lockdown restrictions have had an impact on children and young people worldwide. In this editorial, we explore how and why referrals to UK children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) have changed during the pandemic and summarise the emerging data on the potential reasons behind this.

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