Becker's Healthcare December 10, 2025
A fifth-grade student opens their pencil box, slips a piece of paper into a pocket and goes to the bathroom. After feeling the urge to self-harm, the student unfolds the paper to reveal an illustrated flower with positive affirmation petals that read “I’m a good dancer” and “I’m a good artist.” The urge fades.
After four therapy sessions and support from a teacher, the student stopped self-harming and learned healthy coping mechanisms. This is the type of outcome Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children’s Hospital hopes to achieve by embedding licensed mental health specialists into schools amid the youth mental health crisis, Mary Peterson, MD, executive vice president and COO, and Michelle Goodman, MSN, senior director of care coordination, told...
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