Seven Ways to Help Our Stressed Kids (with Dr. Nzinga Harrison)

Our nation’s children are experiencing some of the highest levels of stress in history due to the pandemic, yet they lack the skills to properly verbalize and manage their mental health. The good news? It’s not too late for adults to lend a hand, and you don’t have to be a primary caregiver to do so. Mental health expert Dr. Nzinga Harrison teaches Andy about the seven Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) that build a child's sense of belonging, and how to help any young person in your life access them. She also reflects on the positives of the pandemic, including a decreased stigma in requesting mental health support.

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• America's psychiatric emergency systems are struggling to assist those in dire need of help. The Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity, a subsidiary of the Satcher Health Leadership at Morehouse School of Medicine, is partnering with Beacon Health Options to establish critical guidelines for dismantling inequity through its new research and policy initiative. You can join the movement too by attending their upcoming virtual summit. Go to kennedysatcher.org to register today.
• Beacon Health Options has also published a new white paper online called Reimagining Behavioral Health Crisis Systems of Care. Download it today at beaconlens.com/white-papers.
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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• Watch Andy’s 2022 commencement speech at the University of Minnesota Medical School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqCD9_Wqp6A
• Learn about the 7 positive childhood experiences that help kids grow into successful adults: https://www.youthranch.org/blog/7-positive-childhood-experiences-that-help-kids-grow-into-successful-adults
• Read the CDC’s first nationally representative mental health survey of high school students during the pandemic: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0331-youth-mental-health-covid-19.html
• Nzinga recommends these resources for teens in distress: https://www.crisistextline.org/, https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/, and https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
• Find vaccines, masks, testing, treatments, and other resources in your community: https://www.covid.gov/
• Order Andy’s book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165

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