PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Currie, Janet TI - The Economics of Child Mental Health AID - 10.3368/jhr.2023SI-intro-child-mental-health DP - 2024 Apr 01 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - S1--S13 VI - 59 IP - S 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/S/S1.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/S/S1.full AB - This special issue of the Journal of Human Resources showcases an emerging literature on the economics of child mental health. Until recently, the severe stigma associated with mental health issues meant that few people felt comfortable talking about them or realized how very prevalent they are (Bharadwaj, Pai, and Suziedelyte 2017). Arguably, this changed with the COVID-19 pandemic, which precipitated widespread discussions of a child and youth mental health crisis (United States Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General 2021).