UTMB researchers examining pandemic’s impact on teens’ mental health

UTMB researchers examining pandemic’s impact on teens’ mental health

Houston Public Media, December 14, 2022

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston are looking into the effects of the pandemic on young people's mental health. Jeff Temple, founder of the UTMB Center For Violence Prevention, said a mental health crisis among young people already existed before the pandemic. Students are growing up in a world with a climate crisis, school shootings, geopolitical strife, toxic social media, "and these kids aren’t stupid, they see that," Temple said.

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