The Story We’re Telling About Youth Mental Health is Hurting Our Kids
Newsweek October 28, 2022
Filed in: Mental Health | Other Resources
Our Co-Executive Director Andrew Fuligni and FrameWorks Institute CEO Nat Kendall-Taylor explain why the crisis story of youth mental health may be backfiring. “Ultimately, we need stories about what facilitates mental health and wellbeing, not just what threatens it,” they write.
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