America, this is a wake-up call.
Our children and teens are in a mental health crisis.
The American kids’ mental health crisis is a national emergency.
Sound the Alarm for Kids and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus held the second in a series of roundtable discussions about the youth mental health crisis following the national emergency declaration by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) last fall, Sound the Alarm for Kids hosted a roundtable discussion with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC).Read More
1 in 5
U.S. children experience a mental health condition in a given year
[ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ]
53%
of adults with children in their household say they are concerned about the mental state of their children
[ American Psychiatric Association ]
60%
increase in the rate of suicide among 10- to 24-year-olds from 2007 to 2018, the second leading cause of death for this age group
[ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ]
2x
Black children under age 13 are twice as likely to die by suicide than their white peers and the rate of death by suicide among Black youth has increased faster than any other racial or ethnic group.
[ Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health ]