KCTV: COVID-19 takes a toll on kids' mental health

Most people agree the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on mental health. Hospital systems throughout the Kansas City metro tracked a rise in patients seeking mental health services at the beginning of the pandemic, and the uptick has persisted. 

KCTV talked to a psychotherapist with Saint Luke's Behavioral Health Specialists about what mental health experts are seeing.

Watch the story below.

 

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