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,...
According to the new data, in 2021, more than a third (37%) of high school students reported they experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 44% reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year. … [D]uring the pandemic: • More than half (55%)...
In a Times survey, counselors said students are behind in their abilities to learn, cope and relate. SOURCE: By Claire Cain Miller and Bianca Pallaro, May 29, 2022, New York Times: nyti.ms/3t5zABj #Children #Adolescent #MentalHealthintheNews
In September 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a new set of online tools to help teens, kids, and parents deal with the mental and emotional impacts of COVID-19. Videos and comic strip-style illustrated stories—in both English and Spanish—guide kids...
A coalition of state attorneys general is investigating TikTok for its potential effect on young people’s mental and physical health ( via CNBC ). The group of AGs is looking to see if the way TikTok designs, operates, and markets its platform has a negative effect on children, teens, and...
… [K]ids who played only individual sports, like tennis or gymnastics, tended to face more mental health difficulties, such as anxiety and depression or troubles with concentration, than peers who played no sports at all. Youngsters who participated exclusively in team sports, on the other hand,...
Talking to a parent about mental health can be scary. Many people report being afraid to tell their parents because they don’t want to upset them. Sometimes we don’t understand where troubling feelings or thoughts are coming from, or we feel guilty for having them. … Here are some of the most...
There is a huge body of research that unambiguously shows that children’s mental health in the United States was already really bad before the pandemic. SOURCE: By Judith Warner, March 27, 2022, The Washington Post Magazine, wapo.st/3Ogv5LZ #Children #Adolescent ...
“Because the unwillingness to walk away from a hurtful person is rooted in the belief that people change, the predicament gnaws at the fundaments of human nature and our ongoing effort to better understand what we are made of. Because relationships are the most fertile crucible of growth and...
“When describing their symptoms, medical history and health changes at a clinic or hospital, every patient is the storyteller of their own health. Good storytellers tend to get better health care, but a history of childhood trauma plays havoc with telling your own story.” (By Robert Maunder and...