Ohio senator discusses child mental health at local hospital

Carmen Harlan, MD, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Akron Children's in Boardman, discusses how staffing shortages and other challenges to providing mental and behavioral health for kids and teens. These concerns were shared during a meeting with Ohio senator Sherrod Brown.

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