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May 27, 2021 3:58 PM Katerina Chryssafis
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According to Mental Health America, nearly 44 million Americans suffer from a mental health condition.
It’s an alarming statistic. What’s even more alarming is just how young some of these people are.
“We’ve seen kids talk to their parents as young as 8 and say things like, ‘I don’t feel loved. I don’t want to be here anymore. I don’t want to be anywhere anymore.’,” said Samantha Clark, Executive Director of Strategy for the MultiCare Behavioral Health Network.
It’s a reality that’s hard to process.
“I don’t think we fully anticipated how big of an impact that was going to be and how significant their needs were going to be in just the course of a year,” said Clark.
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