Long COVID symptoms in Children?The Impact of school closure and social isolation on children’s mental health during and post the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a practicing early intervention occupational therapist in a child and adult mental health clinic(CAMHS) clinic and personally as father to a toddler son born a few months before the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, I have had interesting conversations with parents regarding the effects of the above on their children and if there were any associations between the pandemic(and lockdown) with the presenting difficulties their children were facing. These discussions have ranged from parents wanting to know whether the pandemic (and subsequent lockdown) was the cause of the difficulties their children were facing or whether the severity of the difficulties would have been minimal if the pandemic did not occur. Some parents have made enquiries on whether there are ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic their children might be facing or whether the effects would be long term. On a personal level as father to a toddler son who could safely be assume...