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School return ‘improves mental health’
Mental health difficulties in children increased during the first national lockdown but have decreased since, new research from Oxford University found.
Over the course of the first national lockdown, behavioural and restless/attentional difficulties increased, while most children were not attending school, researchers say.
However, behavioural, emotional, and restless and attentional difficulties have generally decreased from July throughout the summer holidays, and as children returned to school in September, a survey of parents showed.
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