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CDC Report Shows Teen Girls Are Suffering From Anxiety, Sadness and Hopelessness at High Levels

by Iesha
February 14, 2023
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Mental Health Awareness Month: Finding Stability in Uncertain Times

Mental Health Awareness Month: Finding Stability in Uncertain Times

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On Monday, the CDC released a report that showed that teenage girls have the worst mental health problems, particularly anxiety, sadness, and hopelessness.
According to the CDC’s graph, the new data shows an apparent increase.
In the last decade, one-third of teenage girls have reported persistently feeling sad or hopeless, double the boys’ rate.
Dr. Kathi Elliott, executive director of Gwen’s Girls, said, “Girls are more emotional, as well as more relational.”
In addition to being a psychiatric nurse practitioner, Elliott runs Gwen’s Girls and provides resources to schools to help girls build self-esteem.

“Often times those that lack the resources,” said Dr. Elliott.  “Pittsburgh Public Schools, Penn Hills, Clairton, McKeesport, all the schools in the Mon Valley.”

Dr. Anne Marie Albano from Columbia University says there was a steady change in the data, but it’s evidence that teenage girls are experiencing record levels of violence, depression, and suicide risk.

“Pretty much since 2013 to 2014, there’s been a steady increase in major depressive episodes, clinically significant depression with high impairment in functioning: not being able to function as a student, as a friend, take care of oneself within the family,” said Dr. Albano.

As Dr. Albano points out, teens worry about the environment, technology, school shootings, the future, and bullying, all contributing factors.

“And we know bullying and cyberbullying has been a huge contributor to mental health, especially in girls, plummeting like we saw on that chart,” she stated.

KDKA’s Meghan Schiller asked Dr. Elliott, “What should parents look out for?”

“Any change in their normal routine, excessive sleeping, or not getting enough sleep, excessive eating or not eating enough,” said Dr. Elliott.

If you need assistance, call the new Caring Connections for Youth hotline by dialing 211 and choosing option three.

“We just created a new hotline called Caring Connections for Youth where parents, teachers, administrators, and police can call in and get resources for their young people, and that’s a start,” said Elliott.

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