May 4, 2025 - Feeling Lost / Loneliness / Addictive Design

On this special edition of Rhode Island PBS Weekly we take an in-depth look at youth and mental health issues. All of our segments on this episode were generously underwritten by a grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island. We begin with Michelle San Miguel’s report on the mental health issues that many of the Ocean State’s young people struggle with every day. And the role race and sexual orientation plays in their emotional wellbeing. Then, Isabella Jibilian has a report on loneliness and its detrimental physical and mental effects on both the young and the old here in Rhode Island and beyond. Finally, Isabella Jibilian explores how technology that is designed to be addictive can have tragic consequences for kids and teens.