When

Tue, June 06, 2023
4 pm - 5 pm
(GMT-05:00) America/Chicago

Where

James A. Baker III Hall

Young people across the nation are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated rates of depression, anxiety and suicide among adolescents that were already at historically high levels before the pandemic. Since 2020, mental health-related emergency room visits have increased 31% among adolescents, while suicide rates among teenagers rose 25%. President Biden acknowledged the severity of this crisis when he introduced a national, five-year initiative to tackle the current shortcomings of U.S. mental health care.

At this Baker Briefing, our experts explored how the mental health community is overcoming barriers to treatment and how federal, state and local policy interventions could make a difference. This live recording was free and open to the public.

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About Baker Briefing

Baker Briefing is a podcast that tackles the most critical foreign and domestic policy issues of the day in conversations with experts at the Baker Institute for Public Policy. Hosted by the Honorable David M. Satterfield, director of the Baker Institute, each episode is recorded in front of a live audience at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

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Participants

Featured Speakers

Rola El-Serag, M.D.
L.E. and Virginia Simmons Senior Fellow in Health Policy; Director, Center for Health & Biosciences, Baker Institute

Lillian Dindo, Ph.D.
Nonresident Fellow, Center for Health and Biosciences, Baker Institute; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine

Jan Lindsay, Ph.D.
Nonresident Fellow, Center for Health and Biosciences, Baker Institute; Health Services Researcher, Core Investigator and Licensed Psychologist, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Moderator

Edward M. Emmett
Fellow in Energy and Transportation Policy, Baker Institute

 

When

Tue, June 06, 2023
4 pm - 5 pm
(GMT-05:00) America/Chicago

Where

James A. Baker III Hall