Rates of depression and suicidal thoughts among American teenagers increased dramatically between 2011 and 2021 — particularly among girls and children who don’t identify as heterosexual — according to new data from[…]
Continue readingAlmost 60% of teen girls in the U.S. reported feelings of sadness and hopelessness in 2021 — more than double the percentage of their male peers, according to data released[…]
Continue readingThe statistics are sobering. In the past year, nearly 1 in 3 teen girls reports seriously considering suicide.
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Continue readingA new report finds an “overwhelming wave of violence and trauma” and never-before-seen levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts among high school students in the U.S.
Continue readingEvery night that Dr. Jennifer Hoffmann works as an attending physician in the pediatric ER, she says, at least one child comes in with a mental or behavioral health emergency. Over the[…]
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