Was Live Friday, June 17, 2022
Guest Speakers
- Joshua Ho, Program Director, Miami-Dade County Asian American Advisory Board
- Eddy Molin, Psychiatric Nurse, Jackson Health System Miami
- Estephania Plascencia, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Miami-Dade
- Beth Jarosz, Acting Director, KidsData Population Research Bureau
- Susan Racher, Board President, NAMI Miami-Dade
Our News Report from this Media Briefing
Mental Health Challenges for Children and Youth
Every mass shooting over the last three months has been a trigger for fear and anxiety among young people, says one psychiatric nurse in Miami-Dade about the kids he sees. It presents as anger and defiance, but more discipline isn’t an effective response. That’s only one of several challenges amidst a nationwide increase in mental illness among children and youth.
Medical experts, counselors, parents draw on their expertise and personal experience to explain the rise and to discuss what young people need, what parents and guardians can do, what services people can turn to. This is the second of two briefings on mental health EMS is coordinating in partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI)-Miami Dade.
Presented by Ethnic Media Services &
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) |
Miami-Dade County
