COVID-19 pandemic.Preliminary results of the research led by Dr. Quynh Doan, a clinician scientist with the B.C. Children’s Hospital Research Institute, found that 65 per cent of parents reported mild psychiatric issues and impacts with their kids over the last year.
Vancouver Island teen’s tragic death renews calls for youth mental health resources That’s up from between 30 to 35 per cent before the pandemic, Doan told Global News.Challenges included mood issues, anxiety and issues with conflict and relationships.“A lot of the difficulties we’ve seen have to do with initiating and maintaining relationships, and that’s kind of hard when kids are taken out of their usual social environment,” Doan said.“Given the difficulty we have been.