To Address the Teen Mental Health Crisis, Look to School Nurses
It’s a deadly time to be a teenager. The most recent CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey reports that in 2021, more than one-fifth of high schoolers seriously considered committing suicide. Worse, 10% tried. Even without pandemic data, rates of youth depression almost doubled over the past decade, making youth mental health a current top priority for the U.S. Surgeon General.
There are already people on the front lines to combat this teen mental health crisis: school nurses, the trusted healthcare p
There are already people on the front lines to combat this teen mental health crisis: school nurses, the trusted healthcare p