Written by: Jaeann Ashton , Marketing Director | AdventHealth | Orlando, FL
What if one conversation can change, or even save, a life? That was the question AdventHealth for Children sought to answer last May, as the health system launched a movement that gets kids and parents talking about mental health.
Hospitals are in a unique position to address the youth mental health crisis, and AdventHealth for Children has seen firsthand the alarming number of children struggling with anxiety, depression, and even self-harm and suicidal ideation. From 2018 through June 2020, at AdventHealth Orlando’s tri-county hospital system, 1,004 pediatric ...