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Youth Mental Health - Identification & Access to Care
March 8, 2024
12:00 PM CT
Webinar
Open to All
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- be prepared for the program in advance.
IOMC and IASN Members - free for members. Donations are welcome and appreciated.
Non-members- As a non-profit (501c3), a small fee is asked for this webinar to support our program initiatives. Your help is greatly appreciated of our mission and efforts to 'advance health equity and reduce healthcare disparities.
Speakers
Tom Allen, MD, Executive Medical Director, Behavioral Health, Government Programs, Health Service Corporation (Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) and Chief Psychiatrist, BCBS Medicaid Program; Fellow, IOMC. Board Director, Membership Chair and Program Committee Member, IOMC
Gloria E. Barrera, MSN, RN, PEL-CSN, School Nurse and Past President of the Illinois Association of School Nurses
Tara L. Gill, PhD, Staff Psychologist, Center for Childhood Resilience, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health; Asst. Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
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Why is this important?
Forty-two percent of Illinois high school youth reported have felt sad or hopeless every day for two or more weeks in a row during the 12-momths before the survey. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2021).
In a recent Harris Poll survey(as reported in Oct. 2023 by Crain's)of Chicago-area parents of school-age children (ages 5-17), 90% said that the local, state and/or federal governments need to provide more aid to support students’ mental health, and 92% said that school districts ought to prioritize offering mental health services.
Nationally, the number of children ages 3-17 diagnosed with anxiety grew by 29% between 2016 and 2020, and those with depression by 27%, according to data from the federal Health Resources & Services Administration. In 2020, suicide was the second-leading cause of death for young people ages 10-14 and 25-34, and among the top nine leading causes of death for people ages 10-64, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Closer to home, in a 2021 Youth Risk Behavior survey, 42% of Illinois high school youth reported having felt sad or hopeless almost every day for two or more weeks in a row during the 12 months before the survey. In addition, some 20.3% of Illinois high school youth reported seriously considering attempting suicide in the 12 months before the 2021 survey.
Please join us to learn more about youth mental health, options available and what needs to be addressed going forward to support children, youth, families.
Learning Objectives
By attending this program, you will:
- Improve your knowledge regarding youth mental health access and pathways toward care
- Be able to discuss health equity and how it impacts youth engagement of mental health services
- Increase awareness of mental health stigma
42% of Illinois high school youth reported having felt sad or hopeless almost every day for two or more weeks in a row during the 12 months before the survey.
SOURCE: CDC YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY IN 2021
42% of Illinois high school youth reported having felt sad or hopeless almost every day for two or more weeks in a row during the 12 months before the survey.
SOURCE: CDC YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY IN 2021
42% of Illinois high school youth reported having felt sad or hopeless almost every day for two or more weeks in a row during the 12 months before the survey.
SOURCE: CDC YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY IN 2021
42% of Illinois high school youth reported having felt sad or hopeless almost every day for two or more weeks in a row during the 12 months before the survey.
SOURCE: CDC YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY IN 2021
We hope you can join us for the presentation and discussion!
Suggested Reading
The youth mental health crisis needs urgent care. What will it take?, Asplund, J. Crains. Oct. 23, 2023.
2023 State of Mental Health Report, Mental Health America.
Questions? Contact the IOMC office at iomcstaff@iomc.org or by telephone at 312.709.2685.
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