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Technology and its impact on youth mental health Recent years have seen declining youth mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the limited availability of mental health resources. In 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children's Hospital Association jointly declared a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health.1 Later that year, the US Surgeon General published an Advisory on "Protecting Youth Mental Health" documenting increasing rates of Electronic health records In the past decade, clinicians and hospital systems have increasingly adopted electronic health records (EHRs). Psychiatrists have been slower to adopt EHRs than other medical specialists and many rely on older mediums.13 Nonetheless, EHRs are increasingly central to clinical workflows for documentation of care, ordering laboratories, studies and prescriptions, as well as communication with other professionals, patients, and families. Some EHRs are specifically tailored to mental health, whereas Patient portals Patient portals are secure Web sites that enable sharing of EHR information between a clinician and a patient. Young people are typically authorized to enroll in patient portals starting at age 12 to 14 years with ID verification, and must provide.