Finding Hope: The Mental Health Crisis in Teenagers & Young Adults Town Hall - Health Channel

Finding Hope: The Mental Health Crisis in Teenagers & Young Adults Town Hall

Special thanks to the Eunice Joyce Gardiner Foundation for their generous philanthropy.

Description

Changes in education and the effects of the pandemic have increased anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress in our youth. In the Health Channel’s one-hour virtual town hall, Finding Hope: The Mental Health Crisis in Teenagers & Young Adults Town Hall, medical experts tackle these issues affecting our children and offer practical advice based on research.

This unique event was hosted LIVE Tuesday, August 23rd at 7 PM EST.

Participants

  • Olga Villaverde – Health Channel Host
  • Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. – President & CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
  • Randi Melissa Schuster, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
  • Patricia Ares-Romero, M.D., FASAM – Executive Board Member NAMI – Miami Dade County
  • Scarlet Constant, M.D. – Pediatrician

 

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