3 key steps for legislators to address the crisis of youth mental health
Dylan Bestler on December 14, 2021
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Last week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a report illustrating the crisis in youth mental health in America and saying “ … the challenges today’s generation of young people face are unprecedented …. And the effect these challenges have had on their mental health is devastating.”
This is an emergency, a crisis unlike any we have seen in our careers as pediatricians. Our state ranked 43rd in the nation in 2020 for kids’ access to behavioral health care.
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