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Children With 'Long Covid' Actually Have A Mental Illness, Suggest Health Chiefs

  • Government official told the mother of a child suffering from a chronic condition that some children struggled 'to adapt to challenges presented by Covid pandemic'
  • Civil servant wrote: 'Whilst many children have shown remarkable resilience... there are those who have found this period especially difficult for their mental health and wellbeing
  • The letter adds that children with 'serious mental health illnesses will be offered face-to-face psychotherapy session
  • The phrase 'mental health' is used 15 times in the 470-word response. Long Covid is not mentioned

🔗 ARTICLE: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10975989/Children-long-Covid-actually-mental-illness-suggest-health-chiefs.html