A year after schools closed, many kids are in a mental health crisis

Joanna Gagis, Senior Correspondent | March 8, 2021 | Coronavirus in NJ, Education

One year after the start of the pandemic, experts say that students are suffering from more intense symptoms of anxiety, depression and other mental illness than pre-coronavirus. With routines are still upended, milestones missed and some not having stepped foot inside a classroom for 12 months, how are students coping? Correspondent Joanna Gagis reports.

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