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By RON FIELDSPost News NetworkEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges among young people were the leading causes of disability and poor life outcomes, according to the U.S. Surgeon General.But now after almost two years of enduring a life-changing pandemic, area mental health professionals say the need for mental health services has increased dramatically compounded by factors such as social media, political divisions in communities and an overloaded mental health care system."Especially toward the fall of 2020, we were starting to see an increase after kids were at home for six months," said Carie Brown of Great Bend-based Heart of Kansas Family Heath Care. "Symptoms have been more exacerbated by the pandemic."Brown, a licensed specialist clinical social worker and licensed clinical addictions counselor, said the isolation caused by stay-at-home orders was traumatic for many young people."We have kids whose home lives are not good. Food

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