Youth mental health: Finding support | School's In Podcast

October 25, 2024

What are some of the most serious mental health challenges facing our young people today? And how can we create the support that they really need?

On this episode of School’s In, hosts Dan Schwartz and Denise Pope welcome Dr. Steven Adelsheim, Clinical Professor, Director of the Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing at Stanford School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tune is as they discuss how the pandemic affected students’ mental health including:

• What’s behind rising rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues

• The development of statewide mental health systems, including those focused on schools

• Early detection and intervention programs for young people both in school and in primary care

• Supporting community behavioral health partnerships locally and at scale