The coronavirus pandemic and all its related stresses have put a serious strain on the mental health of many people all over the world.
One of the groups suffering the most is kids. Children and teens have felt the strain of the last couple of years even more acutely than adults, facing the stresses of coming of age and normal adolescence added with the last couple of years of isolation, online school, anxiety about illness, guns in schools and more.
We’ll discuss the problem, which the American Academy of Pediatrics has called a national emergency, and what parents and loved ones can do.
GUESTS:
Briana Richmond, youth engagement specialist at Mental Health America Central Carolinas
Dr. Gary Maslow, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Duke University Hospital
Dr. Van Catterall, chief clinical officer at Alexander Youth Network in Charlotte
