Adolescent mental health statistics

Mental health of adolescents - World Health Organization (WHO)

Key facts · Globally, one in seven 10-19-year-olds experiences a mental disorder, accounting for 15% of the global burden of disease in this age ...

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH - NCBI

Nearly 20% of children and young people ages 3-17 in the United States have a mental, emotional, developmental, or behavioral disorder.

Mental Health | DASH - CDC

In 2023, 4 in 10 students (40%) had persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness. In 2023, 2 in 10 (20%) students seriously considered attempting suicide and ...

Teen Mental Health Facts and Statistics 2024 - The Blog

Studies suggest that an estimated 13% to 17% of adolescents engage in self-harming behaviors, typically starting between the ages of 11 to 15 and peaking ...

Mental Health for Adolescents | HHS Office of Population Affairs

Youth Mental Health In July 2022, OPA hosted the annual Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Grantee Conference. During the conference, HHS Assistant Secretary ...

Adolescent mental health statistics - UNICEF DATA

In 2019, it was estimated that one in seven adolescents experience mental disorders [i]. This amounts to an estimated 166 million adolescents (89 million boys ...

Recent Trends in Mental Health and Substance Use Concerns ... - KFF

... adolescent mental health in recent years ... Among adolescents, male suicide rates are more than double the rates among females.

Data and Statistics on Children's Mental Health - CDC

Mental and Behavioral Health Conditions by Age · 10% of children ages 3-17 had current, diagnosed anxiety (9% of males and 11% of females). · 7% ...

Children and young people: statistics | Mental Health Foundation

20% of adolescents may experience a mental health problem in any given year.1; 50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by age 24.2; 10% ...

Adolescent Mental Health in the United States: Facts for Policymakers

Adolescence is a critical period for mental, social, and emotional wellbeing and development. During adolescence, the brain undergoes significant developmental ...

Teen Mental Health Facts and Statistics

Explore crucial teen mental health statistics and facts with AWA, highlighting challenges in depression and anxiety among adolescents.

Youth data 2022 | Mental Health America

15.08% of youth (age 12-17) report suffering from at least one major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year.

Mental Health By the Numbers | NAMI

Fast Facts · 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year · 1 in 20 U.S. adults experience serious mental illness each year · 1 in 6 U.S. youth aged 6-17 ...

Youth data 2023 | Mental Health America

11.5% of youth (or over 2.7 million youth) are experiencing severe major depression. Rates of a severe major depressive episode were highest among youth who ...

Teen Mental Health Crisis Deepens: What to Know - WebMD

From 2011 to 2021, the rate of this condition per 100,000 teens leaped from 28,459 to 42,347. That is a 49% increase, or an average of 4% per ...

Mental Illness - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

An estimated 49.5% of adolescents had any mental disorder. Of adolescents with any mental disorder, an estimated 22.2% had severe impairment and/or distress.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health | AHA

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that as many as 1 in 5 children and adolescents in the United States have a mental, ...

Kids' mental health is in crisis. Here's what psychologists are doing ...

The CDC also reports that during the pandemic, 29% of U.S. high school students had a parent or caregiver who lost their job, 55% were ...

Poll of Teen Mental Health from Teens Themselves (2022) | NAMI

Key Findings: · 64% feel the world is more stressful now than when parents were their age · About 1 in 6 report experiencing negative emotions all the time or ...

Improving the mental and brain health of children and adolescents

Worldwide, 8% of children and 15% of adolescents experience a mental disorder, but the majority of them do not seek help or receive care. Suicide is the third ...