NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A nationwide mental-health crisis with potentially deadly consequences is impacting communities all over the country, including in the Midstate.

A recent study sheds light on the mental health of children in Tennessee as one state program works to answer the call for help from the state’s young people.

Jennifer Williams teaches English at Holloway High School in Murfreesboro where she has instructed seniors and freshmen for the last 23 years.

“They’re in class. They’re engaged in the class. They’re engaged in the lesson, and they’re engaged with one another,” said Williams as she described her students.

Williams said years ago, that was not always the case as schools dealt differently with students’ disruptive behavior, withdrawal, excessive fears and other sy

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