RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Economics of Child Mental Health
JF Journal of Human Resources
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP S1
OP S13
DO 10.3368/jhr.2023SI-intro-child-mental-health
VO 59
IS S
A1 Currie, Janet
YR 2024
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/S/S1.abstract
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).