The Kids Are Not All Right—How Trump’s Mental Health Policies Could Make the Crisis Worse
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The White House’s attacks on mental health care are exacerbating a youth mental health crisis already raging across the U.S. As Rainesford Stauffer reported for Rewire News Group, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s skepticism of the medications used to treat depression, anxiety, and ADHD has some college students concerned they could lose access to the drugs that allow them to live, study, and feel like themselves.
Federal funding cuts to the 988 suicide hotline and programs that help schools hire counselors and social workers are also on the........
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