The data, collected from a nationally representative sample of more than 20 000 high school students, showed that female and LGBTQ+ students experienced higher levels of all mental health and suicide indicators than their respective male and heterosexual peers. Suicide risk indicators were particularl...
LOS ANGELES, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A new study published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found more than a third of high school students reported in 2021 they experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, 44 percent of high ...
NEW YORK, April 2 (Xinhua) -- More than one-third of U.S. high school students experienced "poor mental health," and nearly half felt "persistently" sad during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found. According to the survey re...
Although mental health had been getting progressively worse among high school students prior to the pandemic, new survey data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) March 31 reveal that many high school students across the country are experiencing poor mental health, ...
The share of high school students who say they are sexually active or have already had more than four partners has fallen. Just 6% overall have had four or more partners in 2021, down from 15% in 2011. Several overall rates of substance use have also declined since 2011 among high school...
And all of this can build on top of the mental health struggles that many teens already experience, even outside of a pandemic. Less than 50% of students reported feeling close to others at their school. Schools are a place where students can access various forms of support including mental...
According to the CDC's findings, more than one in five of the 17,000 high school students surveyed reported mental breakdown. Their rates of sadness and hopelessness are the highest in a decade, reflecting an increasing trend exacerbated by society's isolation(隔离)and stress. ....
Afirst-of-its-kind surveyhas found that 3.3% of U.S. high school students identified as transgender in 2023, with another 2.2% identified as questioning. The first nationally representative survey from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also highlights the multiple health dispa...
Overall, officials found that mental health among teens continued to worsen, with more than 40% of high school students feeling so sad or hopeless that they could not engage in their regular activities for at least two weeks. Among teen students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or que...
While teens may be practicing less risky behaviors, their mental health is less promising, the survey showed. The rate of high school students who felt sad or hopeless rose from 29 percent in 2007 to 32 percent in 2017, according to the findings published in the June 15 issue of the CDC...