An Ongoing Process: Taking Stock Of The Mental Health Crisis Among Children After A Pandemic

Children in Ms. Bonner's kindergarten class in East Quogue get time for doing yoga and for exploring the school garden, activities teachers and others who work with children say are helpful in maintaining mental and emotional well being.

Children in Ms. Bonner's kindergarten class in East Quogue get time for doing yoga and for exploring the school garden, activities teachers and others who work with children say are helpful in maintaining mental and emotional well being.

Children in Ms. Bonner's kindergarten class in East Quogue get time for doing yoga and for exploring the school garden, activities teachers and others who work with children say are helpful in maintaining mental and emotional well being.

Joan Stong, a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist with New Hope Rising, says that demand for therapy services for children and teens has increased "dramatically" since the pandemic began.

Kindergarten students in Ms. Neuendorf's class at East Quogue enjoy time spent outdoors in the school, an activity teachers say is good for their mental and emotional well being.

Dr. Wilfred Farquharson is the director of child psychiatry services for Stony Brook Medicine.