MedCity News January 10, 2025
Marissa Plescia

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Task Force recently released a report focused on redesigning the healthcare system to support youth mental health. Here are five key findings.

It’s well known that there is a child mental health crisis. One national survey from the CDC shows that almost all signs of poor mental health among teens worsened between 2013 and 2023.

That’s why the Bipartisan Policy Center created the Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Task Force. The task force is focused on creating policy solutions centered around youth mental health for Congress and the administration. And on Tuesday, the group released its second of three reports. This one is focused on redesigning the healthcare system...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Mental Health, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends
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