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1 Feb, 5 tweets, 3 min read
It is #childrensmentalhealthweek2021 this week, and whilst the nation's attention is focused on fixing the Covid pandemic, we cannot ignore the mental health problems quietly ravaging the nation's young

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"If we talk about depression in terms of young children, it can slightly wrongfoot adults and makes them think of depression as a rare or serious thing. But in reality, depression in children is much more ordinary than that"

#ChildrensMentalHealth

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🔴 1 in 6 children have a probable mental disorder

🔴 Fewer than 1 in 5 children have met recommendations for minimum daily activity level since schools closed in March

#ChildrensMentalHealth

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"My worry is for those who are suffering in silence," writes @leehudson111

As a consultant paediatrician at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Dr Hudson warns children's mental health is at risk in lockdown #ChildrensMentalHealth

Read on here: telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…
As a GP @drchatterjeeuk had been prescribing time in nature to his patients for years

Studies show that natural daylight can lower stress and boost mental health

It is arguably more important now than ever, and this is especially true for our children

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