Debra Lefebvre, an Ontario Mental Health Registered Nurse, explains that the “uncertainty, unpredictability, and isolation” brought on by the pandemic have escalated children and youth’s mental health to “crisis proportions.” Some examples highlight the negative impact of COVID-19 on child and youth mental health:Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
• The Children’s Hospital for Eastern Ontario saw a similar increase of around 200 per cent for patients with eating disorders;Article contentDuring the pandemic, many hospitals reduced the numbers of beds allocated for children to protect adults who were disproportionately impacted by the virus. Two-and-a-half years later, this imbalance persists and hospitals do not have the resources to see child and youth patients in a period that is considered safe.
“The gaps in mental health care are arguably even wider [than for physical health],” Bechard pointed out. These gaps stem from inconsistencies in provincial and territorial public health plans for access to mental health professionals .organized the #codePink campaign in 2021. Code Pink is a term often used in hospitals to announce a pediatric emergency.
2) Increase funding to remove barriers to mental health services , to proactively support children and youth before they need to access emergency health care services.
Seems to me the establishment is pushing mental illness on young people. All this gender dysphoria being promoted in the media is deadly to confused and troubled young people. Solutions? The first step should be to stop promoting mental illness!
Closing schools, on-line school, part time school, modified school, limited or no activities, limited or no socialization will have long term negative affects on this generation of young people. Some more than others.
Umm who failed ? Canada ?...who is Canada? My 17 and 19 yr old tell me the Lockdowns, remote learning and isolation screwed their mental health. And these are two pretty normalized kids Ottawa Trudeau lockdown mentalhealth TrudeauForTreason PierrePoilievreIsLyingToYou CBC
By design.