---
title: "Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory"
description: "**Summary:**A guide examining the state of children’s mental health both prior to and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This toolkit examines the specific aspects of the pandemic that have caused children’s mental health to become a nationwide emergency, and how adults…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/adoption-competence/protecting-youth-mental-health-the-u-s-surgeon-generals-advisory/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Adoption Competent Mental Health
tags:
  - Audience
  - Families
  - Mental health professionals
  - Report
  - Youth
---

# Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory

**Summary:**A guide examining the state of children’s mental health both prior to and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This toolkit examines the specific aspects of the pandemic that have caused children’s mental health to become a nationwide emergency, and how adults can best support kids who are struggling.

 

**Application:**The guide can be applied widely and breaks down steps specific populations can take including instructions for caregivers, educators, organizations, health care professionals, members of the media, and more. 

 

**Source:**U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

 

[Read More](https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-youth-mental-health-advisory.pdf)

 

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