As health professionals dedicated to the care of children and adolescents, The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children’s Hospital Association call for seven actions to address the “soaring rates of mental health challenges among children, adolescents, and their families over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic,” and the “disproportionate impacts on children from communities of color” caused by the “inequities that result from structural racism.”
SOURCE: Oct. 19, 2021: bit.ly/3Pg3QCp
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