What’s Behind the Decline in Teen Mental Health?

The past several weeks have seen somewhat widespread discussion of a truly upsetting trend in adolescent and teen mental health. In the most recent CDC data, 40% of high school students indicated that, during the previous year, they had experienced sadness severe enough that it impeded their ability to do their normal activities for at least two weeks. These issues seem worse for girls.

The pandemic may have exacerbated mental health struggles, but the increase predates the most recent period. The upward trend looks like it began around 2012 (it’s always hard to precisely isolate the timing of a change in trend).

 
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Πηγή: parentdata.org