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Adolescent mental health in the U.S. was worsening prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Our nation’s youth are experiencing a mental health crisis. CDC’s 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey data offer an important snapshot of adolescent health and well-being related to mental health.
The number of adolescents reporting poor mental health is increasing. Building strong bonds and connecting to youth can protect their mental health. School staff and families can create protective relationships with students and help them grow into healthy adulthood.
Adolescents with mental health conditions are particularly vulnerable to social exclusion, discrimination, stigma (affecting readiness to seek help), educational difficulties, risk-taking behaviours, physical ill-health and human rights violations.
Nationally, 65.0% of youth with MDE who received mental health treatment or counseling reported that it helped them at least “some.” Only a little over a third (36%) reported it helped them “a lot” or “extremely.”
Nearly 20% of children and young people ages 3-17 in the United States have a mental, emotional, developmental, or behavioral disorder, and suicidal behaviors among high school students increased more than 40% in the decade before 2019.
New CDC data released today highlight improvements in mental health among some United States teens, including decreases in the percentage of students feeling persistently sad or hopeless.
Only 34% seek mental health information from parents, 18% from friends, 8% from the internet, 7% from teachers or trusted adults outside their family, and 6% from social media. This poll was conducted by Ipsos on behalf of NAMI between July 15–Aug. 1, 2022, using the KnowledgePanel®.