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

August 19, 2021

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 Monty Miller, psychotherapist with Saint Luke's Behavioral Health Specialists, about what mental health experts are seeing.

Watch the story below.

 

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