Feb 15, 2023 07:00:00

Teenage girls report that mental is in despair at an unprecedented level

A report released by

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on February 13, 2023 reveals an increase in persistent negative emotions among American teenage girls. The effects include unprecedented levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts due to sexual violence and other traumatic experiences, the CDC said.

(PDF file) YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY DATA SUMMARY & TRENDS REPORT
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdf

Teen mental health: CDC says girls report extreme sadness, violence
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/teen-mental-health-cdc-girls-sadness-violence-rcna69964

'Teenage girls suffer overwhelming waves of violence and trauma that affect their mental health,' said Kathleen Eather, director of the CDC's Adolescent and School Health Division, in a CDC report. “We are giving

According to the CDC's 2022 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, more than 40% of the boys and girls who responded to the survey said that they had been unable to do normal activities such as schoolwork or sports for at least two weeks in the past year. There have been times when I felt sad or hopeless.' Similar responses were given by far more girls than boys, with about 57% of teenage girls saying they were 'persistently sad or feeling hopeless.' I answered that I feel This figure is the highest in the last 10 years of the survey. In addition, LGBTQ students and students with same-sex partners were more likely to experience mental health problems than students of the same age.

Furthermore, about 30% of teenage girls answered that they had seriously considered dying by suicide within the last year, a figure that has risen nearly 1.6-fold over the past 10 years. The CDC points out that

According to the CDC, the increase in the number of victims of sexual violence among girls is likely to be a major cause, with one in five respondents saying they have experienced it in the past year. 14% said they were forced to have sex. That jumped from 11% of teenage girls saying they were sexually assaulted in 2019.

The survey did not ask students about their primary reasons for feeling sad or self-harming. Also, according to the CDC, anxiety and depression increased among teens during the new coronavirus epidemic, but it seems that girls' mental health has been trending for years regardless of the pandemic.

'As a parent of a teenage girl, I am heartbroken. As a public health leader, I must take action,' CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Hawley said in a statement. I have to,” he said with emotion. Hawley also notes that parents of teens should be aware that it's normal for young people to be moody and withdraw from their families during adolescence, so it's important to keep your child's mental health at bay. It can be difficult to tell if you're having a problem, he said, so I suggested looking for unusual changes in your eating and sleeping habits.