Hill September 15, 2023
The statistics on youth mental health are not only alarming but deeply frightening for anyone who has children or cares about them.
According to a 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, 44.2 percent of the participating teens reported that they had experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness. Almost 20 percent considered suicide — and9 percent attempted suicide. New reports from the federal government show troubling relationships between social media use and youth mental health, as well as American girls experiencing increasing sadness.
We’re at an unprecedented time, when every stakeholder — from the federal government to states and providers, as well as youths themselves and their families — are demanding action. Yet those calls for action have...
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