# 449 – Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, The Truthful Therapist, on Young Minds in Crisis: Shaping Mental Health Outcomes for Kids (2025 rerun)

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Published: 2026-05-04T00:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Youth mental health isn’t just struggling—it’s in full crisis mode. In this episode, the hosts sit down with The Truthful Therapist to unpack what’s really happening beneath the surface of rising anxiety, depression, and behavioral challenges in children. They challenge conventional narratives around therapy, diagnosis, and treatment—questioning whether current systems are truly helping kids or unintentionally making things worse. The conversation dives into the role of family dynamics, environment, overdiagnosis, and the increasing medicalization of normal childhood struggles. This episode pulls back the curtain on modern mental health approaches and asks a bigger question: Are we treating kids—or labeling them?

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