AXIOS June 25, 2024
Youth mental health has begun to improve after major pandemic dips, new data shows.
Why it matters: The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare students’ struggles as well as a fractured system to help them navigate recovery.
- Some of the recovery, though, trails pre-pandemic mental health metrics.
State of play: In seven of nine states identified by Axios with published 2023 data, surveys showed lower rates of sadness and hopelessness.
- Overall, dedicating more resources to student well-being during the pandemic has started to pay off, Kathleen Ethier, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, told Axios.
- “These improvements, they’re not huge, but they are important,” she said.
- These survey findings are...
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