Five New York City Students Have Died by Suicide This School Year

Sarper Taskiran, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Child Mind Institute, said he and his colleagues are seeing a significant increase in depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders because of the pandemic. Kids, particularly those predisposed to mental-health issues, are suffering because of boredom, family conflict and being cut off from their friends and normal activities, he said.