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CDC report shows mental well-being of teenage girls is getting worse

Pedestrians are silhouetted against a wall in Philadelphia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
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Pedestrians are silhouetted against a wall in Philadelphia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: An update about the shooting outside Pittsburgh Westinghouse, and Mt. Lebanon school district students are leading a push to expand a nondiscrimination policy to protect their LGBTQ+ peers; a CDC report found that the mental well-being of teenage girls is worsening; and a conversation about how the city will offer training to retail and food service workers who encounter people suffering from mental health issues or other crises.  

Today’s guests include: Sarah Schneider, education reporter with WESA; Tammy Hughes, a professor of school psychology at Duquesne University; and Lisa Frank, chief operating and administrative officer for the City of Pittsburgh, and Deb Gross, councilwoman for the City of Pittsburgh.  

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