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coming up this morning, american psychological association arthur evans talks about the impact of massings on children's mental health. then in our spotlight segment, cohost adam summer, rachel parker, and shawn dillard discussed their podcast and midwestern political issues. watch "washington journal" at 7:00 eastern this morning on c-span or on c-span now app, the free mobile video app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> the labor department imploded -- reported that employers added 390,000 jobs in may, the 17th straight monthly gain and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6% for the third straight month. president

i'm joined now by arthur evans, he's the ceo of the american psychological association and we're going to be talking this hour on the impact to children's mental health from mass shootings. and we will be taking your calls for our guests. our phone lines are going to be split up this way, parents and students can call us on (202)-748-80020, agitators (202)-748-8001 and all others (202)-748-8002. doctor, evans welcome to the program. >> thank, you glad to be here. >> tell us a little bit about, overall, the impact. obviously, it's going to be very difficult, it's a difficult subject especially for kids, the subject of mass shootings. give us an idea of the impact that has on their mental well-being. >> i think that we need to put it in context. before the pandemic, we had a rising need for children's mental health services. the pandemic has exacerbated that, to the point where the surgeon general of the united states has said that we have a national emergency regarding children's mental health. we've seen a 30% increase, for example, a parents taking their children to emergency departme

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i'm joined now arthur evans. east this el of the american psychological association and we're going to p be talking this our on the impact to children's mental health from mass shootings, and we will be taking your calls for our guests. our phone lines a good be split up this way. parents and students can call us on 202-748-8000. educators 202-748-8001, and all others 202-748-8002. dr. evans welcome to the program. >> thank you. glad to be here. >> tell us a little bit about overall the impact obviously it's going to be very difficult, it's a difficult subject especially for kids, on the subject of mass shootings. give us an idea of the impact that has on their mental well-being. >> yeah. i think we have to put it into the context beforeto the pandemc we had a rising need for children's mental health services. the pandemic has exacerbated point where the surgeon general of the united states has said we have national emergency required -- >> we will not leave this tape program for house oversight and reform commit