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Our Topic- Anxiety
Our Topic- Anxiety
The topic that we have chosen to focus on is supporting children with anxiety. This is an important topic as anxiety impacts a students entire school experience. Read below to find the data on anxiety in students both nationwide and in the state of Rhode Island.
The Numbers
National Data
Anxiety in Adolescents
Anxiety in Adolescents
Based on diagnostic interview data from National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A), an estimated 31.9% of adolescents (13-18) had any anxiety disorder.
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disorder
Anxiety in Children Age 3-17
Anxiety in Children Age 3-17
According to the CDC 11% of children ages 3-17 had current, diagnosed anxiety (9% of males and 12% of females) as of 2021.
https://www.cdc.gov/children-mental-health/data-research/index.html
Rhode Island Data
RI KIDS COUNT
RI KIDS COUNT
In Rhode Island, one in five (19%) children ages six to 17 has a diagnosable mental health problem and one in ten (10%) has significant functional impairment. In 2021, only about one in five (22%) of Rhode Island high school students reported receiving the help they needed when feeling anxious or depressed, down from 33% in 2019.
Mental Health Hospitalizations
Mental Health Hospitalizations
The two hospitals in Rhode Island that specialize in providing intensive inpatient treatment and psychiatric care to children and youth are Bradley Hospital and Butler Hospital. The most common diagnoses for youth treated at Butler or Bradley Hospitals in FFY 2023 in an inpatient setting were depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, and childhood/adolescent disorders.
https://rikidscount.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/childrens-mental-health_fb2024.pdf
Connection to Student Learning and Well-Being
Connection to Student Learning and Well-Being
Anxiety can impair the executive functioning skills of children - even those without clinically significant levels of anxiety - to the point where learning is compromised.
Anxiety makes it impossible to ignore one's fears, affecting the executive functioning of the brain. It also an impact the ability of a child or an adult to learn and to retain information. Anxiety can also lead to a lessening of overall flexibility in one’s thinking.
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