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Next-gen mental wellbeing A mental health emergency among children is sparking reformed platform restrictions and limitations for apps and online games.
An increase in mental health referrals for children has led to online platforms
and social apps having to recognize their impact on young users and redirect efforts and platform abilities to offer adequate protection.
In the United Kingdom, mental health referrals for children almost doubled to
200,000 during the pandemic, according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Urgent referrals in particular rose sharply from 5,219 between April and June in 2019 to 8,552 in 2021.
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