Psychiatric News (9/15) reports, “During the COVID-19 pandemic, many American Indian youth reported feeling less connected to friends and less engaged in schoolwork,” but despite that, “many students also showed resilience at this difficult time,” investigators concluded in a study that included data on “2,559 American Indian students” from the “annual Our Youth, Our Future study, which collects nationally representative substance use data among middle and high school students who live on or near reservations.” The findingswere published online Sept. 14 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “American Indian Youth Reported Relationship Problems but Remained Resilient During Pandemic, Psychiatric News , September 15, 2022