America’s Teens Keep Getting More UnhappyWashington Free Beacon, Sep 7, 2019
Nearly 15 percent of American teenagers experienced major depression in 2018, new data show.
This figure represents a sharp increase from just six years ago, with adolescent girls in particular seeing a substantial jump in their reported rates of depression. The report reflects yet another frightening indicator of America's teen mental health crisis.
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In other words: America's teens, especially its girls, are becoming depressed and staying depressed through college. What, exactly, has caused this grim wave? The best answer is: No one really knows.
There are, to be sure, ideas. Teens spend less time socializing, "going out," dating, or having sex—all things which may be linked to depression. They spend more time in front of screens, too much time according to the majority of them. Whether or not this change causes unhappiness is hotly debated. With majorities of 18- to 22-year-olds in college for the first time in American history, teens are also under more pressure to succeed in education, as parents pour more and more time—and therefore more and more stress—into their older kids' lives.
One or more of these changes, even working in conjunction, may explain the depression so many teens are now facing. But there is not, as of yet, any decisive answer explaining the sudden spike.
One thing is for sure: America's teens are growing more and more depressed by the year, and we just do not know how to stop it.
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