Schools Brace For Pandemic-Fueled Mental Health Needs

<p>Kids are returning to in-person school this fall with increased rates of depression, anxiety and other pandemic-fueled mental health challenges, and schools are leaning on billions in new federal funding to meet the growing need.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.lansingschools.net/schools/early-learning/riddle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kyron Harvell</a>, Principal, Vivian Riddle Elementary School; Lansing, Michigan</p><p><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Hoover-Sharon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sharon Hoover</a>, PhD, Co-Director, National Center for School Mental Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more about the research behind youth and school mental health on our website: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2021/09/02/schools-brace-for-pandemic-fueled-mental-health-needs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2021/09/02/schools-brace-for-pandemic-fueled-mental-health-needs/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Read a transcript of this episode: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2021/09/02/schools-brace-for-pandemic-fueled-mental-health-needs-transcript/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2021/09/02/schools-brace-for-pandemic-fueled-mental-health-needs-transcript/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: <a href="https://mailchi.mp/63a60bee39a5/tradeoffsnewsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support this type of journalism today, with a gift: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/donate</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0