NEW DELHI: The ongoing lockdown to contain covid-19 pandemic has altered everybody's lifestyle. Besides pushing people to adopt a different way of living and working, the spread of the virus in India and the constant buzz around it is increasingly seen as a catalyst that could disturb mental health of millions of housebound children.
Shekhar P. Seshadri, renowned psychiatrist and professor of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Hospital (NIMHANS), said families and mental health professionals need to “bring a control over the loss of predictability".