Covid-19 and children: child psychiatrists sound the alarm

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Confinement, wearing a mask, social distancing: what are the effects of measures to combat the coronavirus on children?

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21 mins

According to the French Society of Pediatrics, hospital admissions for child psychiatry have been "dramatically increasing" in recent weeks.

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Confinement, wearing a mask, social distancing: what are the effects of measures to combat the coronavirus on children?

And what differences can we point out between the countries?

Guests:

- Laelia Benoît

, child psychiatrist and researcher at Inserm

- Marie-Hélène Plard

, nursery school director and departmental co-secretary of Snupp-FSu 93 

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