'He kind of flew under the radar as to a child who had been going through any kind of mental health struggles ... So when this happened, our family was completely blindsided. Everybody he knew was blindsided.'
"There's definitely been increased anxiety, depression and isolation that we have seen since the pandemic, and I would say what I'm seeing on the ground in our school is a national trend," she said. "I think for everyone, everyone's level of anxiety and depression and frustration and managing stress was increased."
In the first six months of this year, children's hospitals nationwide also reported a "shocking" 45% increase in the number of self-injury and suicide cases in 5- to 17-year-olds compared to the same period in 2019, according to Children's Hospital Association President Amy Wimpey Knight. Bledsoe said her school district has recently implemented a suicide prevention program and is screening students' mental health so they can best meet their needs, as well as doing trainings for staff and outreach to families on mental health.
"We need better integrated care, and by integrated we mean you put mental health where the kids are," she said. "And having access to mental health resources in schools is so important because there's fewer of the access barriers in school."Both Carlson and Bledsoe said schools are also places where students have many eyes on them who can notice changes in behaviors that may be early signs of mental health struggles."is a definite change in personality.
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