@article{ref1,
title="Decline in independent activity as a cause of decline in children's mental wellbeing: summary of the evidence",
journal="Journal of pediatrics",
year="2023",
author="Gray, Peter and Lancy, David F. and Bjorklund, David F.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="It is no secret that rates of anxiety and depression among school-aged children and teens in the United States are at an all-time high. Recognizing this, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children's Hospital Association issued, in 2021, a joint statement to the Biden administration that child and adolescent mental health be declared a &quot;national emergency.&quot;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3476",
doi="10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.02.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.02.004"
}