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Connections

Examining youth mental health in the pandemic era

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WXXI News

“I feel like every relationship I had disappeared during COVID.”

That’s what a local teenager said when asked about how the pandemic affected their life. In “Unseen,” the team from Common Ground Health uses case studies and data to examine youth mental health during the pandemic era.

We discuss the report and what experts, communities, and young people can do together to help support youth.

Our guests:

*To access the FLX Teens project and resources that Hannah Shippee discussed during the broadcast, please click here.

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.