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Morehouse School of Medicine and Families First join forces to deliver accessible mental health care for youth

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Photo by Allison Joyner/The Atlanta Voice

According to the Work Health Organization (WHO), one in seven 10-19-year-olds experience a mental disorder, including depression and anxiety, with suicide being the fourth leading cause of death for 15-29 year-olds. 

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), along with mental health nonprofit Families First, is helping to bring accessible mental health care for young people with its new child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) clinic. 

MSM behavioral health clinicians will be available to see patients on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Families First facility on Joseph E. Lowery Blvd, where CAP fellows and psychiatry residents will evaluate and treat mental health conditions in youth up to age 21. 

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