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The urgent need to expand effective behavioral health services for children and youth. U.S. children and adolescents were facing significant mental health challenges even before the pandemic – suicide was the second leading cause of death for those in the 10-24 age group in 2018. With a global pandemic undoubtedly worsening the situation, Vikki Wachino, Richard Frank, Keith Humphreys, and John O’Brien argue that now is the time to rethink our mental health system for youth.