Signs your kid might be struggling with a mental illness

Quoted: Psychiatrists at UW-Health, like Dr. Marcia Slattery, stress that isolation can make an everyday problem worse. “People hold a lot of these illnesses quiet and silent because they’re not sure how to talk about it and they’re confusing,” said Dr. Slattery. “For teens, I think the stress is also there. We’ve become a much more isolated society.”