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Bookmark or Share- Social media brings benefits and risks to teens. Psychology can help ...Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide in young people were climbing. In 2021, more than 40% of high school students reported depressive symptoms, with girls and LGBTQ+ youth reporting even higher rates of poor mental health and suicidal thoughts, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (American Economic Review, Vol. 112 ...
- Kids’ mental health is in crisis. Here’s what psychologists are doing ...But U.S. children and teens have been suffering for far longer. In the 10 years leading up to the pandemic, feelings of persistent sadness and hopelessness—as well as suicidal thoughts and behaviors—increased by about 40% among young people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior ...
- How to help children and teens manage their stressStressed-out kids and teens might be more short-tempered or argumentative than normal. Changes in behavior: A young child who used to be a great listener is suddenly acting out. A once-active teen now doesn’t want to leave the house. Sudden changes can be a sign that stress levels are high.
- Identifying signs of stress in your children and teensWith teens, while spending more time with and confiding in peers is a normal part of growing up, significantly avoiding parents, abandoning long-time friendships for a new set of peers, or expressing excessive hostility toward family members, may indicate that the teen is experiencing significant stress.
- What neuroscience tells us about the teenage brainTeens are famous for their heightened emotional sensitivity, especially in social interactions. Researchers are starting to pin down brain circuitry linked to that sensitivity—and differentiate between cases where it’s an asset that helps teens reach emotional maturity versus a risk factor that may predict mental health problems (Casey, B ...
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