Raising Resilient Kids: Dr. Leah Snodgrass on Faith, Social Media, and the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Dr. Leah Snodgrass joins host Dr. Mike Chupp for a conversation about the mental health crisis facing children and adolescents today. Rates of anxiety and depression among young people have doubled since the pandemic, yet access to care, especially in rural and underserved communities, remains critically out of reach. Dr. Snodgrass is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and Chair of Psychiatry at Lincoln Memorial University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, and she has spent her career on the front lines of this crisis. In this episode, she and Dr. Chupp dig into what it actually looks like to care for the next generation with clinical excellence, real compassion, and Christ at the center.

Chapters

• (00:00:08) - Faith in Healthcare
• (00:01:46) - Dr. Leah Snodgrass
• (00:03:04) - Are we allowing our kids to become anxious, depressed and suicidal?
• (00:12:04) - Is Social Media a Problem for Your Patients?
• (00:14:19) - Social Media's Growing Adversity
• (00:17:52) - Dr. Snodgrass: Chatbots and Relationships with AI
• (00:26:52) - The dangers of phones for kids
• (00:28:51) - CMSDA Lifetime Membership Announcement
• (00:30:56) - Few Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in the Country
• (00:38:50) - Pediatric psychiatrist: Do I Proselytize? (
• (00:42:12) - Antidepressants for ADHD and Anxiety
• (00:45:50) - When we should worry about ADHD and anxiety?
• (00:52:03) - The CMDA Psychiatry Section
• (00:54:35) - Faith in Healthcare: Leah Snodgrass and More