The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of children in the UK

COVID-19 has had a major impact on the mental health of children. Image: Bonnie Kittle/Unsplash
Tamsin Ford
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
Franki Mathews
Associate Research Fellow in the College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter
Simon Benham-Clarke
Researcher in the College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter

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