Author: Timothy Blevins
Mental Health Challenges among Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In June, 2021, The Kaiser Family Foundation reported that many children and teens have been experiencing a significant increase in mental health challenges and that children of color, LGBTQ+ young people and younger children have been particularly impacted. (1) The report posits that there may be a number of contributing factors, including, but not limited […]
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The Need for Improved Access to Care Among Youth
A February, 2022 article in World Psychiatry indicates that young people have been experiencing a disproportionately greater level of mental health outcomes since the beginning of the COVID-19 global pandemic. (1) This includes 74% reporting their mental health has gotten worse during this time. (2, 3) Mental health concerns are a largely ignored problem and […]
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The Manifesto is a Helpful Framework for Finding Healthcare in the LGBTQ+ Community
Having been in healthcare for over 30 years as a clinician and working for four health plans, I am fortunate enough to have had exposure to a very broad network of healthcare professionals and have a deep understanding of healthcare systems and structures. I have also been an out gay man for that entire time.
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