{"id":16356,"date":"2015-05-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/youth-mental-health-first-aid-helps-elkhart-community-schools-staff-identify-aid-kids-with-mental-illness\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:09:52","slug":"youth-mental-health-first-aid-helps-elkhart-community-schools-staff-identify-aid-kids-with-mental-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/youth-mental-health-first-aid-helps-elkhart-community-schools-staff-identify-aid-kids-with-mental-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Mental Health First Aid helps Elkhart Community Schools\u2019 staff identify, aid kids with mental illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The statistics are staggering \u2014\u00a0in a given year, 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 have mental or addictive disorders.\u00a0That\u2019s one in five, folks. Stigma and misunderstanding are often associated with mental health problems. Normal adolescent development is tough enough these days, not to mention the fact that many mental health problems develop during the adolescent years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>05\/19\/2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elkharttruth.com\/living\/Community-Blogs\/State-of-Mind\/2015\/05\/19\/Youth-Mental-Health-First-Aid-helps-Elkhart-Community-Schools-staff-identify-aid-kids-with-mental-illness.html\" target=\"_blank\">Link to Source<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The statistics are staggering \u2014\u00a0in a given year, 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 have mental or addictive disorders.\u00a0That\u2019s one in five, folks. 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