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After two suicidal crises during pandemic isolation, 16-year-old Zach Sampson feels stronger but worries his social skills have gone stale.
Amara Bhatia has overcome her pandemic depression but the teen feels worn down, in a state of âneutralness.ââ Virginia Shipp is adjusting but says returning to normal âis kind of unnormal for me.ââ
After relentless months of social distancing, online schooling and other restrictions, many kids are feeling the pandemicâs toll or facing new challenges navigating reentry.
A surge in teen suicide attempts and other mental health crises prompted Childrenâs Hospital Colorado to declare a state of emergency in late May, when emergency department and hospital inpatient beds were overrun with suicidal kids and those struggling with other psychiatric problems. Typical emergency-department waiting times for psychiatric treatment doubled in May to about 20 hours
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Suicidal crises, mental fatigue: Kids grapple with reentry By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer
Published: June 29, 2021, 2:09pm
Share: In this April 18, 2021 photo provided by Jennifer Sampson, her son Zach Sampson, 16, poses in his Florida yard. Sampson was hospitalized twice during the pandemic after feeling suicidal. Relentless months of social distancing, online schooling and other restrictions left many kids feeling the pandemic s toll and now facing new challenges navigating reentry. (Jennifer Sampson via AP)
After two suicidal crises during pandemic isolation, 16-year-old Zach Sampson feels stronger but worries his social skills have gone stale.
Amara Bhatia has overcome her pandemic depression but the teen feels worn down, in a state of “neutralness.’’ Virginia Shipp is adjusting but says returning to normal “is kind of unnormal for me.’’
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Ohio
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Oakland
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Orlando
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