Study cites COVID-19’s role in surge of distress
Justin Murphy
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK
“Emergency room visits by teens who intentionally harmed themselves soared in the year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, part of a broad local and national trend of worsening youth mental health on display in a report released Thursday.
The report, created by Common Ground Health and Coordinated Care Services Inc., puts troubling health data together with anecdotal data gathered from dozens of interviews with young people across Monroe County.
“I feel like every relationship I had disappeared during COVID,” one child said.”