Medical professionals outline efforts to improvement to wellness during a discussion at the annual meeting of the National Governors association in Atlantic City. Speakers also weigh in on childcare, equity and training people in the field of Mental Health. [inaudible conversations] welcome to the National Governors association 2023 here to open the session is executive director of the National Governors association, bill mcbride. [applause] good morning. So happy to see so many of you after the wild night we had last night. Maybe some of your it here yet. I dont know. On behalf of all of us at the National Governors association, a very warm welcome to all of you. We are so excited that so many people made the journey to Atlantic City for our annual summer meeting. Since 1908, this was the bipartisan price of the leaders of 55 states, commonwealth and territories in the United States and we are so happy to be here in Atlantic City for the 2023 annual meeting which is our 150th annual m
Chair Sanders Senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. And were delighted to welcome our panelists who were going to hear from in a few minutes. Let me begin by telling everybody what they already know and that is it is no great secret that in America Today we have a Mental Health crisis and that crisis has been exacerbated by the horrific covid pandemic, which we have experienced. And this is a crisis that has hit all of us, but i think especially the younger generation. In America Today, 40 of parents report being either very or extremely worried that their child is struggling with anxiety or depression. According to a recent survey by the centers for disease control, nearly one out of every three teenagers in america reported that the state of their Mental Health was poor. Two out of every five teenagers felt persistently sad or hopeless. And tragically one out of every five teenagers in our country have seriously considered suicide. How frighte
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