Women In Policy: Mental Health for Women a Year After COVID Lockdown with Brooke Lehmann Event Join Women in Policy and Batten Lecturer Brooke Lehmann for a discussion on mental health for women, a year after COVID lockdown.
The Lobbyist Is In: A UVA Youth Health Advocate Takes on a Polarized Congress News People told Batten's Brooke Lehmann she would never find bipartisan support for school-based health centers. She didn’t listen.
Children’s Mental Health: How a Pandemic Has Created a New Epidemic News According to Batten's Brooke Lehmann, the need for mental health care for children and adolescents has never been higher. On UVA’s Lifetime Learning podcast, Lehmann explores the state of children’s mental health, both pre- and post-pandemic.
Prioritizing Youth Mental Health News In the United States, youth mental illness is on the rise. Young people are increasingly likely to be diagnosed with a mental health condition and even to die by suicide. COVID-19 has exacerbated the situation, turning it into “a pandemic of its own,” Batten lecturer Brooke Lehmann told an online audience during the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats.
Batten Expert Chats: "Prioritizing Youth Mental Health" with Brooke Lehmann Event Young people across the country are experiencing all kinds of loss, whether it’s the death of a loved one or the loss of freedom after moving back home. What can we do about it? During the next edition of Batten Expert Chats, Brooke Lehmann, Batten lecturer, will speak and take questions on heightened anxiety and depression among young people, as well as the path to an appropriate policy response. Join the conversation on Zoom.