Mental Health Awareness: Hot Topics
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In 2023, approximately 1 in 5 teens, aged 12-17, had a mental health diagnosis, with the most frequent conditions being anxiety (16.1%) and depression (8.4%) (Sappenfield et al., 2024)
The rate of teen mental and behavioral health diagnoses has grown from 2016 to 2023 (15.0% to 20.3%), with the rates of anxiety diagnoses (10.0% to 16.1%) and depression diagnoses (5.8% to 8.4%) increasing as well (Sappenfield et al., 2024).
Sources:
Sappenfield, O., Alberto, C., Minnaert, J., Donney, J., Lebrun-Harris, L., & Ghandour, R. (2024, October). National Survey of Children's Health. Health Resources and Service Administration. https://mchb.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/mchb/data-research/nsch-data-brief-adolescent-mental-behavioral-health-2023.pdf
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