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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Teenage mental health referrals in London double after lockdown

Mental health referrals for teenagers in London have more than doubled in four years, according to new figures that lay bare the impact of lockdown and the cost of living crisis on young people.

Cygnet Healthcare, a private provider, said that individual referrals to its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the capital had jumped by 113 per cent from 2018 to 2022.

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