Journal of School HealthEarly View COMMENTARY Parental Rights Laws and the Impact on Mental Health Services and Counseling for Adolescents Sarina Singh BA, Sarina Singh BA Medical Student [email protected] Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FLSearch for more papers by this authorKatherine Drabiak JD, Corresponding Author Katherine Drabiak JD Associate Professor [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-4034-0160 College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FLAddress correspondence to: Katherine Drabiak, Associate Professor, ([email protected]), College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.Search for more papers by this author Sarina Singh BA, Sarina Singh BA Medical Student [email protected] Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FLSearch for more papers by this authorKatherine Drabiak JD, Corresponding Author Katherine Drabiak JD Associate Professor [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-4034-0160 College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FLAddress correspondence to: Katherine Drabiak, Associate Professor, ([email protected]), College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.Search for more papers by this author First published: 30 May 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13356 S.S. would like to thank the Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida for providing the Summer Scholar Award to partially fund this work. 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