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Loss of social interactions means trouble with building social skills, psychiatrist says

3 years ago

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Loss of social interactions means trouble with building social skills, psychiatrist says

3 years ago
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Dr. Gail Beck, clinical director of youth mental health at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, says teens use social interactions to build skills that serve them for the rest of their lives, something that has been curtailed by the pandemic.

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