youth mental health crisis

In Massachusetts, a recent study found 71-percent of older teens reported significantly increased anxiety and/or depression during the past year. And because of a severe shortage of staffing and beds in psychiatric units, the latest figures show 136 children are left waiting in emergency departments. With mental health struggles among children at a crisis point, several national pediatric groups are...

As the U.S. Surgeon General warns of an emerging mental health crisis among young people, some parents and doctors in Massachusetts believe the crisis is already here. “We’ve been seeing the crisis for 18 months now,” Stacey Schulman, the director of school counseling and behavioral health for Medford Public Schools said. Schulman said the district has already seen more...

The surgeon general says the pandemic has had a devastating impact on young people, issuing a warning about the emerging crisis.