Pediatricians say children’s mental health crisis has become “a national emergency”

Salon October 21, 2021
Nicole Karlis

“We have witnessed soaring rates of mental health challenges among children”

The kids aren’t alright.

Adults, who experienced a surge in anxiety and depression, and college students, whose mental health struggles have been well-documented, are the face of the psychological crisis precipitated by the ongoing pandemic. Overlooked in the mainstream narrative of mental health are children — whose mental health challenges are so severe that, this week, a coalition of leading pediatric health groups in the U.S. have declared a “national emergency.”

In a declaration penned by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Children’s Hospital Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — which collectively represent more than 77,000 physicians and 200 children’s hospitals —...

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