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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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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