The Surgeon General's Call for Mental Health of Youth Focus

The Surgeon General's Call for Mental Health of Youth Focus

February 10, 2022

In a recent Surgeon General Report and at a Senate Committee Hearing this week, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, calls on policymakers and advocates to consider how COVID-19 has exasperated children's emotions, especially in underserved communities. We agree with his major recommendations to 1. increase awareness of the mental health needs of children; 2. support mental health programs in primary care practices and schools; 3. increase the mental health workforce, including clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, and recovery counselors; 4. educate our Latino and other communities about the impact of counseling and how to access mental health services.  We call on our partners to join us in our Annual Conference in March, the COVID-19 briefing in April, and a Policy Summit later this year to develop mental health policy recommendations, especially for our communities. 

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