Students Try to Cope as Pandemic Strains Mental Health

*Sarah, Washington, DC.

*Hudson, California.

Kelly Davis, associate vice president of peer and youth advocacy, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA.

Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, associate professor, Department of Economics; faculty fellow, Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Laura S. Gray, PhD, clinical psychologist, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC.

Khadijah Booth Watkins, MD, psychiatrist; associate director, Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Loretta Whitson, EdD, executive director, California Association of School Counselors, Ontario, CA.

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New York Post: “Three NYC school kids killed themselves in three weeks amid COVID-19 pandemic.”

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Quote Wizard: “States Experiencing the Most Anxiety or Depression During the Pandemic.”

Student Wellness Survey, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, May 8, 2020.