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The youth mental health crisis is gripping the United States, and school staff is on the front lines.

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The Youth Mental Health Crisis

  • 1 in 5
    Students seriously considered suicide in 2021
  • 50%
    Estimated number of adolescents who have lived with a mental health condition at one time in their lives as of 2021
  • 27%
    The rate of growth of children aged 3-17 years diagnosed with depression between 2016-2020

The APA Foundation is committed to supporting youth mental health with Notice. Talk. Act.® at School, a training that empowers school staff to connect students with appropriate and timely support. Take action to improve student mental health outcomes in your community with Notice. Talk. Act.® at School, a no-cost K-12 training for all school staff to help them notice the signs of a potential mental health concern in a student, talk with the student to support and engage them, and act by connecting the student to available mental health resources.

Notice. Talk. Act.® at School

Learn more about how to bring Notice. Talk. Act.® at School to your school at no-cost.

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