Newport Daily News
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A pandemic within a pandemic. That’s what experts are calling it.
Subjected to screens in a year of mostly remote learning, children’s mental health has suffered.
Physically distanced from many of the supports and connections that define childhood and school in a year of unprecedented stressors, “the kids are not OK,” as Vermont Gov. Phill Scott said in February.
Health officials are warning of the significant, negative impacts that online life has had on youth mental health, but AI-based trainings and online therapy could ensure that health services are reachable wherever the child is.
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