Kids under pressure: These mental health resources are supporting students
Posted on September 20, 2021
In a taped segment on teen mental health, Dr. Christine Crawford, associate medical director at NAMI, highlights the value of mental health days off school for teens feeling anxiety or depression that is impacting their ability to focus and engage, similar to taking a sick day for physical illness. The segment looks at how schools across the country support new laws that provide excused absences for mental health days. Students tell Hoda Kotb how they’ve learned to take care of their mental health and how schools are supporting them. The segment included NAMIWalks photos and NAMI Mental Health by the Numbers statistics.
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