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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: Unpacking America’s Mental Health Crisis

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A new survey from CNN in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that nine out of 10 adults believe that there’s a mental health crisis in the US today. We explore what’s driving that sentiment, the possible solutions, and why an influential task force has recommended screening children 8 and older for anxiety.  This episode contains discussions of suicide. If you or someone you love is struggling, call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.  Guest: Dr. Tara Narula, CNN Medical Correspondent  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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She has dealt with the pandemic with two different schools, two grandfathers within a month and a half period to COVID.

0:38.0

This is Mary Norris. She spoke to CNN earlier this month about her 12-year-old daughter who's been having a tough time at school since returning to in-person learning last year.

0:48.0

Things have gotten a little better since transferring schools, but only a little.

0:52.0

It is becoming a very difficult situation

0:54.8

because in fact Mary recently got a call from a staff member who said they

0:58.2

discovered her daughter writing about harming herself in her journal.

1:02.5

So naturally, Norris wanted to find her daughter

1:04.8

a therapist who she could see outside of school.

1:07.8

But that too has been a struggle,

1:09.5

thanks to insurance issues and just the lack of options.

1:12.8

And now currently we still have yet to find a provider

1:16.9

due to the fact that now they either want private pay

1:20.0

or the numbers that we're calling are no longer in service.

1:23.0

Here's the thing.

1:30.0

Mary's story is not uncommon.

1:32.0

What actually stands out here is that she's been willing to talk about it so openly.

1:36.7

But many experts say we should be talking way more about mental health.

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