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American teens on mental health struggles during pandemic

How Zoom and social isolation are challenging the mental health of America's teens

10/21/2020

PBS News Hour

American teens on mental health struggles during pandemic

Clip: 10/21/2020 | 2m 1s

How Zoom and social isolation are challenging the mental health of America's teens

How are the pandemic, social isolation and remote learning affecting mental health among adolescents? Our Student Reporting Labs teamed up with Well Beings, a public media reporting initiative, to find out. Using a unique back-to-school curriculum, student reporters recorded video diaries documenting this historic year as it unfolds. Here is a sample of their experiences, in their own words.

10/21/2020

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