Derek Thompson in The Atlantic.
Somber opening that won’t surprise anyone working closely with adolescents.
“The United States is experiencing an extreme teenage mental-health crisis. From 2009 to 2021, the share of American high-school students who say they feel “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” rose from 26 percent to 44 percent, according to a new CDC study. This is the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded.”
The rest is required reading for anyone seeking to understand teen mental health.
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