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Connecticut is investigating why a local school board rejected a free school-based mental health center at Killingly High, despite national data showing that there’s a teen mental health crisis.
For a 25-year-old recent college graduate, Alejandra Aschittino-Rodriguez is quite comfortable discussing grief and death.That's because at 17, she had her own brush with mortality and lived to tell about it. Just weeks after moving from Guatemala to Iowa to attend Grinnell College, she was clipped by a semitrailer truck while running near campus. Her knees badly bruised and head bleeding, she ...
(Photo by Monkey Business Images, courtesy of Shutterstock). Biden Must Address the Public School Mental Health Crisis Right Now The pandemic has been especially traumatic for students and, to make matters worse, school counselors that could help are in short supply. This perfect storm of disease-driven adversity underscores studentsâ need for mental health care. With the current unemployment rate still far above pre-pandemic levels, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, school-age students face financial instability and food insecurity. Families that already lived at the edge of ...
Here's why some state laws may prevent you from finding mental health counseling online Certain laws nationwide prevent therapists from helping new patients across state lines. Efforts to change that may take years, officials say. Author: Nathan Baca (WUSA9) Updated: 1:28 PM EST March 9, 2021 BURKE, Va. — Licensed therapist Elizabeth Brokamp settles in for a counseling session. Instead of the face-to-face meetings she’s done for 25 years, the pandemic forced her to practice online. She sees her clients on teletherapy websites. "I work with trauma, and a lot...