Detroit and Flint teens are struggling with their mental health – and worried adults around them feel ‘helpless’

Teens in southeast Michigan go to school carrying far more than backpacks, books and water bottles.

Constant stress makes it harder for teens to manage emotions. Maskot/Getty Images Teens in southeast Michigan go to school carrying with them far more than backpacks, books and water bottles. Many are shouldering economic hardship, exposure to adversity and discrimination,…