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News Articles: children's mental health

The TikTok app logo is pictured in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that they will restrict the use of TikTok on system devices.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

The CEO of TikTok will testify before Congress amid security concerns about the app

TikTok has been under scrutiny in recent years about its privacy and security practices and its effect on young people's mental health. Various bans of the app have been enacted across the country.

January 31, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Stevie Wonder's Virtual Concert for Senator Warnock

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: Stevie Wonder concert for Warnock, pandemic mental toll, checks stolen from the mail

LISTEN: On the Monday, Dec. 5 edition of Georgia Today: Stevie Wonder's concert for Warnock, the pandemic's mental health toll, and checks disappearing from the mail.

December 05, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
Georgia Film Industry

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  • News

What’s wrong with this picture? State auditors give Georgia’s movie tax credit mixed reviews

Georgia’s film tax credit helped bring blockbuster productions to the state, along with an estimated $4.4 billion in spending during the 12 months ending June 30. But a new report from the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts finds lingering concerns about the program’s transparency and rising cost to the state treasury.

November 01, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Woman Holding Chin Sitting Beside Table in Room

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  • Health

This Georgia partnership identifies, encourages, supports students who disengaged during pandemic

The state is working with the group Graduation Alliance to provide $5 million dollars in help to get up to 50,000 students back on track. The alliance will provide academic success coaches to encourage students, and even help with homework. 

November 01, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Central High School senior Gabe Deegan watches assistant teacher and parapro Madelynn Washington hold a stream of optical fiber lights in the school’s new sensory room on Oct. 25, 2022.

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  • News

Every Bibb County School will soon have a sensory room. What are they for?

At its monthly meeting in October, the board voted to expand sensory rooms to each of the district’s 34 schools to allow for a safe space where students may recalibrate, recollect and self-regulate.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Corley

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  • Mental Health

Paying for mental health care leaves families in debt and isolated

A youth mental health crisis and a shortage of therapists and other care providers who take insurance are pushing many U.S. families into financial ruin. But it's rarely acknowledged as medical debt.

October 19, 2022
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
Sihouette of woman holding toddler

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  • Health

Nearly 12K Georgia children lost a caregiver to COVID-19; federal funds could help

About one in every 215 children in Georgia have lost a caregiver due to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. That's nearly 12,000 people under the age of 18 whose parent or grandparent, that lived with them and provided support for them, died, according to data shared by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.

October 17, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
 Gov. Brian Kemp signs education bills in April 2022.

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  • News

Education spending gets election-year attention as Kemp unveils plan to combat learning loss

Gov. Brian Kemp plans to push for a state budget with $65 million dedicated to fighting pandemic learning loss, hiring new guidance counselors and recruiting teachers.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
As kids return to school this fall, educators are prepared to deal with the continued mental health fallout of the disruptions of the pandemic.

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  • Health

As school starts, teachers add a mental-health check-in to their lesson plans

After the disruption and trauma of the pandemic, educators say kids still need added support this year. In some schools, they're making emotional wellness part of the curriculum.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Linnea Sorensen attends Schaumburg High School in Schaumburg, Ill. Now that Illinois allows students to take up to five days off per school year for their mental health, she can stay home when she feels "not fully mentally there."

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  • Mental Health

More states are allowing students to take mental health days off

While a growing number of states are trying to address the increasing mental health crisis among youths, many schools are woefully short of therapists and the budget to hire them.

June 10, 2022
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By:
  • Giles Bruce
Linnea Sorensen attends Schaumburg High School in Schaumburg, Ill. Now that Illinois allows students to take up to five days off per school year for their mental health, she can stay home when she feels "not fully mentally there."

Tagged as: 

  • Mental Health

More states are allowing students to take mental health days off

While a growing number of states are trying to address the increasing mental health crisis among youths, many schools are woefully short of therapists and the budget to hire them.

June 10, 2022
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By:
  • Giles Bruce
The label for a bottle of melatonin pills. Melatonin is a hormone that helps control the body's sleep cycle.

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  • Health

Thousands of kids are getting sick from downing melatonin pills

Last year, U.S. poison control centers got 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome amounts of the dietary supplement, a popular sleep aid. Two children have died in the past decade.

June 03, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Dr. Julie Battle stands in the Darby School at Brenau University

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  • Education

This university is growing to fill gaps in mental health care services

Brenau University’s doctoral program will provide more psychologists as well as psychology professors to educate future counselors that will fill the thin ranks of mental health practitioners, Lynn J. Darby School of Psychology and Adolescent Counseling Chair Julie Battle said.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Children's Health

The war is taking a toll on Ukraine's kids. Psychologists share how parents can help

Two psychologists in Ukraine tell what they are hearing from traumatized children — and how to give support to these youngsters. Although in the chaos of war, that can be a daunting task.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
With many kids struggling emotionally, group of mental health organizations are pushing for increased investment in mental health services in schools.

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  • Health

State by state, here's how well schools are doing at supporting kids' mental health

Two years of disrupted schooling and limited social contact have been tough on kids. A new report calls out states that do a good job supporting kids' mental health at school — and those that don't.

February 16, 2022
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
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