

Votes are in: This is Connecticut’s most underrated pizza.While focusing on Oregon, the report underlines broader concerns about youth mental health in the United States amidst growing rates of depression and suicide nationwide. The interviews were conducted shortly after the extreme heat wave that slammed parts of Oregon in the summer of 2021. OHA partnered with the University of Oregon Suicide Prevention Lab to review literature, conduct focus groups with young people, and interview professionals from the public health, mental health and educational sectors.
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This is a full spiritual, emotional and physical embodiment of how I am stressed out by this and how this impacts me.”

“In my lifetime, eating that fish, seeing that smoked salmon in our ceremonies, is scarce. “In my mother’s generation, when she was growing up, she would go to traditional ceremonies and have smoked salmon that was fished traditionally by our people on our river which we have fished at since time immemorial,” Wiki said. The 16-year-old’s mother is Yurok, an Indigenous people from Northern California along the Pacific coast and the Klamath River. “For me, it’s important to mention that I’m Indigenous,” she said.

Te Maia Wiki, another high school student in Ashland, touched on this. The report underlines that marginalized communities are more likely to experience adverse health effects from climate change, and notes that “emerging research is showing similar disproportionate burdens in terms of mental health.” In its report, the agency says its research was “designed to center the voices of youth, especially tribal youth and youth of color in Oregon.” Kate Brown in March 2020 directed OHA to study the effects of climate change on youth mental health. “He was out fighting the fire for over 36 hours, which was super scary for me."

Her fears were heightened by the fact that her father works for the fire department. “It was a terrible and stressful couple of days as details about the fire trickled in,” said the 16-year-old. (Jason Pettigrew/Bootleg Fire Incident Command via AP, File) Show More Show Less Their findings were published Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in a report that highlights youth feelings of distress, anger and frustration about perceived adult and government inaction. Oregon health officials say that the impacts of climate change, including more devastating wildfires, heatwaves, drought and poor air quality, are fueling "climate anxiety" among young people. (Oregon Department of Forestry via AP, File) Show More Show Less 2 of3 FILE - In this photo provided by the Bootleg Fire Incident Command, the Bootleg Fire burns at night near Highway 34 in southern Oregon on Thursday, July 15, 2021. The wildfire doubled in size to 6.2 square miles (16 square kilometers) Monday, forcing evacuations in the area, while the state's biggest fire continued to burn out of control, with containment not expected until November. 1 of3 FILE - This photo provided by the Oregon Department of Forestry shows a firefighting tanker making a retardant drop over the Grandview Fire near Sisters, Ore., Sunday, July 11, 2021.
