The statistics on mental health in young americans keep health authorities on alertafter the results of a study that is carried out every two years in the North American country were published.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is in charge of conducting the study, affirms that three in five high school adolescent girls (57%) felt sad or hopeless in a period of two weeks in 2021, coming to interrupt his usual activities due to his state of mind.
This number, approximately double that of boys, It is the highest in ten years. In 2011, only 36% of young women had expressed feeling the same way.
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Besides, one in three high school students (30%) seriously considered suicide in 2021compared to 19% in 2011. Among men, one in five considered suicide (18%).
“Our adolescent girls are suffering an overwhelming wave of violence and trauma, and it is affecting their mental health”said Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC’s Division of School and Adolescent Health. “It was very surprising to us the consistency with which girls were doing worse than boys,” she added.
“High school should be a time for trailblazing, not trauma,” Debra Houry, Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science.
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The study also revealed that one in five adolescents (18%) experienced sexual violence in 2021and more of one in ten (14%) was forced to have sex. That’s a jump from the 11% of teen girls who said they had been sexually assaulted in 2019.
At least 52% of teens who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or questioning their sexuality said they had mental health problems. The CDC found that more than 1 in 5 of those youth (22%) had attempted suicide in the past year due to stigmas about their sexuality.
The CDC report calls for more programs in schools, such as sex educationto address the current and growing mental health crisis. “Prevention programs in schools have been shown to provide a vital lifeline in the face of these rising waves of trauma,” said Debra Houry, an agency official. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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