艾玛萨尔曼，MD

Lindsey Morton：自杀是14岁以下儿童死亡的第三个主要原因。艾德所罗门博士的问题可以防止。艾美萨尔曼博士：五分之一的孩子，那是20％的孩子，14岁，诊断心理健康状况。Lindsey Morton：目前有很少的护理选择的条件。艾美博士萨尔曼博士：担心心理健康。这是一种文化恐惧。Lindsey Morton：18岁以下儿童的最常见心理健康状况是焦虑和抑郁症。艾玛·萨尔曼博士：大多数治疗是行为治疗，认知行为治疗，科学证明是有所作为。Lindsey Morton：Golisano儿童医院和Lee Health正在与社会共同努力，以改善精神保健的机会。这可能意味着更多门诊设施和更多心理保健专家。莫德博士。 And then we have to find them a facility. Lindsey Morton: Last year, about 24% of children had to leave the area to get treatment due to lack of beds in Southwest Florida. Dr. Emad Salman: For over five years, the number of children that had to be Baker Acted, which means people thought they were a danger to themselves, increased almost 300% in our region. Lindsey Morton: Studies show it can take years to diagnose a mental health condition. Dr. Emad Salman: The brain is just an organ and like any organ in your body it can get sick and when it's sick it needs to be healed. Lindsey Morton: Healing health experts hope can start here. For Lee health, I'm Lindsey Morton.