We are experiencing a youth mental health crisis (www.webmd.com/mental-health/n.... Young people worldwide are increasingly struggling to manage the escalating stress and complications of everyday life. In 2021, 42% of high school students reported feeling so sad or hopeless (www.webmd.com/teens/news/2023...) for two consecutive weeks that they would stop engaging in their usual activities, up from 26% in 2009. Is there a way to eliminate the stigma around mental health and make kindness cool? We spoke to Claudia-Santi F. Fernandes, Ed.D., LPC, MCHES (bornthisway.foundation/team/c..., and Rahul Rangan, MBBS ( / rahulrangan ) of Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, about the ways peer-to-peer support can benefit today’s youth, the vital mental health resources needed in schools, and the impact of Born This Way Foundation’s Be There Certificate (bornthisway.foundation/curren...) and their Channel Kindness (www.channelkindness.org/) program on building a kinder and braver world.
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