youth mental health

DeWine, Husted urge Ohio lawmakers to keep social media parental consent safeguards in budget

BY: - June 13, 2023

One of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s biggest asks in this year’s budget proposal was funding for mental health. House and Senate lawmakers are wrestling over the dollar figure ahead of conference committee negotiations. The House wants to cut it back significantly while the Senate agreed to DeWine’s number. But amid the wrangling over dollars and […]

Members of a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday detailed a complicated patchwork of issues that contribute to youth mental health challenges, including violence and trauma within schools and communities, the damaging effects of social media, worry about what a changing climate will look like when they’re adults and hate speech against LGBTQ people. (Getty Images).

Social media, trauma, hate speech add to youth mental health crisis, U.S. Senate panel told

BY: - June 12, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. senators agreed during a hearing Thursday the country’s children are going through a youth mental health crisis, though some of the committee’s members disagreed about what role Congress has to play. Senators detailed a complicated patchwork of issues that contribute to youth mental health challenges, including violence and trauma within schools and […]

Advocates urge more work in youth mental health

BY: - August 24, 2022

Mental health services for Ohio’s children have consistently needed improvements, according to experts. Areas across the state are still hurting for access, they say, and need help getting kids what they need to react to mental health issues, and prevent them before they happen. “Ohio has an opportunity to invest in children, so that we’re […]