Pandemic poses challenges for youth mental health
May 11, 2020May 6, 2020
By Faith Miller
Colorado Springs Indy
https://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/pandemic-poses-challenges-for-youth-mental-health/Content?oid=21780490
It’s not just missing out on big events — senior prom, championship games and graduation — that makes the COVID-19 pandemic difficult for teens stuck at home, says 18-year-old Kaihosha Hooper, a senior at Doherty High School.“It’s also just the small interactions, as well, that I think a lot of people have been missing,” Hooper says. “It’s really weird just being at home and not being able to see your friends every day or talk to your teachers in person.”
As a member of the Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention Partnership’s teen board,
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