Children exposed to neighborhood violence:
🔵Experience more frequent depression and anxiety symptoms
🔵Face unmet mental and physical health care needs
🔵Have worse access to prescription drugs
🔵Have increased acute care utilization
according to a new study
Last night's 2024 Changemakers Panel was powerful and humbling. We are grateful that our group's founder could share our use of prosocial video games with the audience and with the other Changemakers.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. The prevalence of bullying in California schools is staggering: In a recent survey, more than 1 in 4 students in 7th, 9th, and 11th grades said they'd been bullied or harassed at school in the previous year. More than 1 in 5 said they'd been cyberbullied by fellow students.
Bullying is a public health issue, with far-reaching implications. In addition to the risk of physical injury, victims of bullying are at risk for depression, anxiety, suicidal behavior, physical health problems, substance abuse into adulthood, low academic achievement, and poor social and school adjustment.