Report details Tennessee youth mental challenges, access to care
According to a new report from the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, about a quarter of Tennessee’s children suffer from mental, emotional, developmental or behavioral disorders. (Lucy Garrett/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
About a quarter of Tennessee’s children suffer from mental, emotional, developmental or behavioral disorders, according to the report.
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Tennessee General Assembly Mental health children and youth COVID 19Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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