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Elissa Slotkin: “We had a crisis of mental health issues before COVID and now…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

A Book Never Shot Anyone (with Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Cara Erskine)

Published April 19, 2024 | Video Starts at 38:51

You just need a little bit of training. I think all of those things are on the docket. Mental health, it is just so clear that We had a crisis of mental health issues before COVID and now it's off the charts. And for all of these key professions, we have shortages, teachers, mental health professionals, nurses, fire and first responders and police. (38:51–38:58)

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Asserts that mental health issues were already a crisis before COVID-19 and have worsened since.

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