Teens in crisis: How the pandemic has pummelled adolescent mental health
The social isolation and constant alarms of the Covid-19 pandemic are particularly hard on teens, who need friendships to develop social and decision-making skills and to forge independence, writes Claire Keeton
22 August 2021 - 00:00
The winter lockdown delayed the end of a wellbeing programme for adolescents and children, pioneered by Stellenbosch University psychology lecturer Bronwyne Coetzee, at a school near the campus...
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