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Children’s mental health crisis declared a ‘national emergency’ as suicides and ER visits skyrocket amid COVID-19 pandemic

With child emergency room visits and suicide incidents skyrocketing in the U.S. amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a coalition of pediatric health organizations issued a declaration this week labeling the declining mental health of America's young people a national emergency.

In the urgent declaration issued Tuesday, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children's Hospital Association warned that children's mental health had reached crisis levels.

The cohort of health professionals noted that the decline of children's mental health had already been a concern for nearly a decade, but that the pandemic severely exacerbated the situation.

"We have witnessed soaring rates of mental health challenges among children, adolescents, and their families over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbating the situation that existed prior to the pandemic," the declaration read.

They noted that "rates of childhood mental health concerns and suicide rose steadily between 2010 and 2020, and by 2018 suicide was the second leading cause of death for youth ages 10-24.".................

https://www.theblaze.com/news/childrens-mental-health-national-emergency
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Stress from not being able to mask up correctly?

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This distance learning and mask requirements couldn’t have anything to do with it.