WV kids in crises ending up at ERs with nowhere to treat them

by Erin Beck, Kids’ Health Correspondent  National health groups have declared a mental health crisis among the nation’s children. What does that look like in West Virginia? According to mental health professionals, adults aren’t detecting problems in kids soon enough, and there aren’t enough community-based options, such as local providers Read more…

Vaccines, civil rights, misinformation: political problems harming kids’ health, too.

By Erin Beck, Kids’ Health Correspondent Child therapists in West Virginia tell me that the same social and political problems contributing to anxiety and other mental health problems for adults are also harming children’s moods and mental health. “There’s so much controversy over the vaccine, and whether to be vaccinated,” Read more…

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