Is ‘Crisis’ Thinking About Youth Mental Health Doing More Harm Than Good?
EdSurge September 9, 2024
Filed in: Health & Wellbeing | Mental Health
At a media briefing on youth mental health organized by the FrameWorks Institute, Co-Director Andrew Fuligni spoke to EdSurge reporters about how crisis-framing youth mental health hinders the ability to find solutions that help adolescents find support.
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