This is due to a variety of factors, such as stigma, lower mental health literacy, and lack of access to services. Globally, an estimated 14 percent of adolescents experience a mental health condition, and many of them receive neither a diagnosis nor mental health treatment, according to the World Health Organization.
Yet 59.6 percent of them didn’t receive treatment. However, mental health conditions among teens are on the rise.Īccording to Mental Health America, in the United States in 2021, 13.84 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds reported experiencing at least 1 major depressive episode.
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