Election Day is around the corner. In this interview with WCVB, Psychiatrist and Associate Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Khadijah Booth Watkins discusses the effects the of upcoming elections on kids.
Children will have many questions. How do we explain violent and frightening tragedies with them?
While so much of the research, clinical, and policy focus is on housing individuals who are already homeless, we need to focus first on preventing homelessness from occurring in the first place.
Wildfires, like other natural disasters and traumatic events, take a toll on the mental health of those directly affected and in the community.