Dr. Helen Egger and her daughter Rebecca Egger discuss NC’s youth mental health crisis

One of the most vexing societal problems of the modern, social media-driven era is the ongoing crisis in youth mental health. The latest data on the number of children who suffer from depression and other symptoms – and who even contemplate or attempt suicide – are staggering.

Happily, a small ray of light in this dark situation is the promising growth of new tools to provide online mental health care from a new firm known as Little Otter offering coverage for virtual mental health care for children and their families, which now accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina insurance. And recently, Newsline’s Rob Schofield caught up with the women behind the initiative – Duke University child psychiatrist Dr. Helen Egger and her daughter, Little Otter CEO and co-founder, Rebecca Egger.

Click here to listen to the full interview with Helen and Rebecca Egger.