The US surgeon general heard from Alaska mental health care advocates on Monday about the need for more resources to address what they say is a crisis that is leading to more suicides, eating disorders and depression among young Alaskans.
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U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy discussed the serious mental health challenges among young people in Alaska and across the country during an Alaska Youth Mental Health Rountable at the UAA/APU Consortium Library on Monday, June 26, 2023. Charlotte Cruikshank, a Dimond High School student with Mental Health Advocacy Through Storytelling, a youth-led group that works to increase access to mental health resources, said students are not really taught about how to deal with mental health issues.
“We need to focus on access and equity and a sustained effort to provide resources for student mental health in Alaska,” she said. Murthy said social media is giving young people the misperception that their self-worth stems from factors they can’t control, such as how they look or their family’s net worth. He issued anMurthy said access to mental health treatment needs to expand. He said it’s important that public programs like Medicaid or private insurance providers cover a full range of services for mental health care, including transportation to care, which is often a big issue for Alaska’s far-flung villages.
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