Medscape March 20, 2025
Edited by Mia Sims

TOPLINE:

An analysis of high school students from 1999 to 2021 showed teens with low-risk behaviors grew from about 40% in 1999 to nearly 60% by 2021. Mental health problems, such as sadness and suicidality, increased, and behavioral risks, such as carrying a weapon and fighting, decreased.

METHODOLOGY:

  • Researchers analyzed 22 years of data pulled from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey covering 178,658 high school students in the United States.
  • Teens self-reported mental health symptoms such as sadness, hopelessness, or thoughts of suicide and behavioral risks like substance use, sexual activity, and violence on repeated surveys.
  • The analysis identified five adolescent mental and behavioral health risk profiles: Low everything; high sex; high everything, which included teens with above-average levels...

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Topics: Mental Health, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends
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