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More than twice as many children and adolescents were referred to mental health services year on year in England as cases hit a record high.
The findings have been called “heartbreaking” and “awful” by the new chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
It is difficult to consider these numbers and know that behind each one is a child or young person, and a family, who are in distress. Children and young people’s mental health has been neglected for years and in the meantime, we know that the need is increasing. We were already struggling to meet demand before the pandemic. But the pandemic has absolutely resulted in increase in mental health disorders in children and young people.
Related: Young mental health referrals double in England after lockdowns
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Hundreds more bodies than usual are being taken for funerals every day in junta-ruled Myanmar as a new wave of Covid-19 sweeps through the country, services transporting the bodies and arranging ceremonies said.
The number of funerals at the Yay Way cemetery in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, was around 200 per day over the past week, well over double the number that would normally be expected, funeral services said.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/jul/15/coronavirus-live-news-indonesia-in-worst-case-scenario-as-daily-cases-climb-past-50000
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