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As the mental health crisis in children and teens worsens, the dire shortage of mental health providers is preventing young people from getting the help they need

  • Written by Steven Berkowitz, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
As the mental health crisis in children and teens worsens, the dire shortage of mental health providers is preventing young people from getting the help they needAnxiety, depression and suicide among U.S. teens continue to increase. Paolo Cordoni/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The hospital where I practice recently admitted a 14-year-old girl with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, to our outpatient program. She was referred to us six months earlier, in October 2022, but at the time we were at capacity....

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