Perspectives

Nothing matters more than the perspectives of the health care providers, hospitals, mental health professionals, and child advocates experiencing the mental health crisis in our children and teens first-hand and working towards solutions.

Read below to hear directly from those sounding the alarm for kids.

June 29, 2022

Kids’ Mental Health is in Crisis—Primary Care is the Solution

by Dr. Sterling N. Ransone, Jr., President, American Academy of Family Physicians

June 3, 2022

Rep. Ritchie Torres on the Youth Mental Health Emergency

April 13, 2022

The Great Collide: Children’s Mental Health and Employers’ Success

by Kenneth Cole, Founder, Mental Health Coalition and Marti Bledsoe Post, Executive Director, On Our Sleeves

March 25, 2022

Creating a Safety Net to Prevent Youth Suicide

by Christine Yu-Moutier, M.D., AFSP Chief Medical Officer

February 16, 2022

Q&A with Dr. Tami Benton, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

by Dr. Tami Benton

February 14, 2022

AAP-AACAP-CHA: Policy Priorities to Improve Access to Mental Health Services for Children

by AAP-AACAP-CHA

February 14, 2022

Shifting Gears: Road to mental recovery after suicide

by Bernie Pitcher