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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

Every two years, the CDC’s Youth Risk and Behavior Survey provides a glimpse into the ongoing teen mental health crisis, and the 2024 results may have left parents shaken. According to the ...

It could also be a sign of mental health ... a behavioral health provider or a family member, according to a survey from the Bipartisan Policy Center conducted in June among 932 teens (13- to ...

The latest survey numbers show the teen vaping rate fell to under 6% this ... “This is a monumental public health win,” FDA's tobacco director Brian King told reporters.

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 ...