While the results appear hopeful, researchers noted that the survey answers heavily varied based on a ... mental health. “This work is far from complete,” said Dr. Debra Houry, CDC’s chief ...

Teen brains aged prematurely by as much as four years during covid lockdowns, researchers from the University of Washington ...

New CDC data released early last month highlight improvements in mental health among some United States teens, including decreases in the percentage of students feeling persistently sad or hopeless.

A recent Centers for Disease Control youth survey found mental health remains ... Dr. Kathleen Ethier is the CDC'sDirector of the Division of Adolescent and School Health. She called the changes ...

New data from the CDC shows some positive changes in how teens are feeling about their mental health compared to two years ...

Teenagers spend nearly five hours a day, on average, on social media. And there's growing consensus that it's a big problem for their mental health.

But for parents and others who care about kids, the most important discussion at the moment is about the existence of social media itself, and how it affects the mental health of children, teens ...

Teen boys get backed into a corner, where opening up about their mental health struggles feels impossible, but holding it in only makes them feel more alone. In a survey of 22 boys on the SheKnows ...

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ... facing a mental health crisis. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for teens in the United States.

The total dropped from 42% to 40% of students who reported having these feelings, marking the first time the annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey didn’t report an increase in over a decade. But mental ..