America’s Teens Keep Getting More Unhappy

[mystery-ak]

America’s Teens Keep Getting More Unhappy
New data show another rise in adolescent depression

Charles Fain Lehman - September 7, 2019 5:00 AM

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.

The new data were released as part of the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual survey of teens aged 12 to 17, as well as adults. Survey proctors ask teens a battery of questions about depression—whether, in the past year, they have lacked joy in life or a sense of self-worth, and struggled with concentration, sleep, or eating. If an individual experienced a sufficient number of these, or other, indicators for a period of at least two weeks, he or she is considered to have suffered a "major depressive episode" (MDE).

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[mountaineer]

My unscientific observation is that they're also getting fatter and that years of "self-esteem" boosting has had the opposite effect. Girls seem even more apt to let boys sexually use and abuse them than in years past. That may be related, in part, to being completely unchurched.