TY - JOUR PY - 2023// TI - Decline in independent activity as a cause of decline in children's mental wellbeing: summary of the evidence JO - Journal of pediatrics A1 - Gray, Peter A1 - Lancy, David F. A1 - Bjorklund, David F. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - 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 "national emergency."

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LA - en SN - 0022-3476 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.02.004 ID - ref1 ER -