MedPage Today March 21, 2024
Emily Hutto

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In part two of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), about how HHS is addressing mental health issues among U.S. kids and adolescents.

Watch part one of the interview here.

The following is a transcript of their remarks:

Faust: Let’s turn to a discussion of mental health. It’s an area that you’ve spent a lot of time and expertise on — it was your fellowship training, so long before your government service.

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