The poll to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on young people’s mental health, carried out by charity YoungMinds, found 31 per cent of respondents said they were no longer able to access support despite still needing help from specialist services.
Some 1,000 young people had been accessing mental health support in the three months leading up to the crisis, including from the NHS, school and university counsellors, private providers, charities and helplines, YoungMinds said.
But hundreds were left without access to mental health support struggling to cope with issues such as social isolation, anxiety and fear about the future, it added.
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