The latest report from the Co-SPACE study highlights what most parents already know - mental health difficulties in children increased during the first national lockdown (between March and June 2020), but have decreased on their return to school.
Over the course of the first national lockdown, behavioral and restless/attentional difficulties increased, while most children were not attending school. Behavioral, emotional, and restless/ attentional difficulties have generally decreased from July (i.e. when home schooling demands typically reduce), throughout the summer holidays, and as children returned to school in September.
The Co-Space study is led by Dr Polly Waite and Prof Cathy Creswell from the University of Oxford and is conducted in co-operation with University College London and University of Leicester.
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