Child Psychiatrists Warn That The Pandemic May Be Driving Up Kids' Suicide Risk

A year into the pandemic, emergency rooms nationwide are seeing a rise in kids experiencing mental health crises. Dr. Nasuh Malas provides his insights.

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Nasuh Malas, M.D., MPH

Especially when there is so much uncertainty around when the pandemic will end.

"I think it's the coupling of those things that are pretty daunting for a lot of our youth," says Dr. Nasuh Malas, a psychiatrist and pediatrician at the University of Michigan. "I mean, these are kids, right?"

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