kids and mental health

Depressive and anxiety symptoms doubled during the pandemic. Now, 25% of people have depressive symptoms and 20% have anxiety.

You may have heard about the new report from the Surgeon General. It’s a rare public health advisory about the mental health crisis among kids and teenagers. Depressive and anxiety symptoms doubled during the pandemic. Now, 25% of people have depressive symptoms and 20% have anxiety. Negative emotions and conditions associated with things like ADHD are also on the rise,…

It’s a growing problem – your child is having a mental health crisis and you don’t know where to turn, or everywhere you do go there are wait lists.

A legislative committee held a forum to discuss what resources can be offered to children being affected by mental health problems outside of a hospital setting.

K-9 Gizmo is taking on an important job amid mental health struggles and alarming rates of suicide among young people. Now the Connecticut-based pooch is the face of a new mental health curriculum available to schools across America.

He’s just three and a half pounds, but the topics K-9 Gizmo is taking on couldn’t be heavier – mental health struggles and alarming rates of suicide among young people. Now the Connecticut-based pooch is the face of a new mental health curriculum available to schools across America. With 10 years on the job as a therapy dog for first…

He’s just three and a half pounds, but the topics K-9 Gizmo is taking on couldn’t be heavier – mental health struggles and alarming rates of suicide among young people. Now the Connecticut-based pooch is the face of a new mental health curriculum available to schools across America.

Health experts say we’re in a mental health crisis right now. Some are calling it the second pandemic. To combat that crisis, the state says it’s taking some of that federal funding to address mental health. “This pandemic has been really hard for kids, and families in general — parents too,” said Dr. Jennifer Downs, division chief of Connecticut...