Adolescents Face Converging Health Crises As They Return to School, Says Former High School Teacher Turned Clinical Health Professional
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Friday, September 17, 2021
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This is a perfect storm for adolescents already struggling with mental illness, and now combined with a global pandemic.
Key Points:
- This is a perfect storm for adolescents already struggling with mental illness, and now combined with a global pandemic.
- "Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- In 2017, there were more than6,200 suicide deaths among adolescents and young adults ages 15-24, making it thesecond-leadingcause of death for that age group.
- Before the pandemic, there was a consensus among medical professionals that America's worse health problem was the rapidly increasing opioid crisis.