U.S. News August 15, 2022
Chris Gilligan

A sampling of state reports points to the continuation of a worrisome trend in youth mental health.

Data Shows Rise in Student Despair

The proportion of students nationally who struggled with feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness rose by over 5 percentage points from 2017 to 2019.

Data from state surveys on youth behavior show the continuation of a concerning trend in high school students feeling persistently “sad or hopeless.”

As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, the CDC and many states administer surveys to high school students across the country every other year, with results reported in the alternating years. As part of these Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, students are asked...

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