One of the most difficult parts of living with any mental illness – whether it is depression, substance abuse, schizophrenia, or an eating disorder – is how isolating they can be. Between the fears of being shunned and the feeling that others won’t understand, it can be incredibly difficult to open up about your experiences…
ReadA new British study published in the Journal of Epidemiology suggests that young people are more likely to live with depression or commit self-harm compared to teens a decade ago. This is particularly surprising as the study also found that teens are less likely to show antisocial behavior or abuse substances, which were widely believed…
ReadA nation-wide increase in accidental deaths, homicides, and suicides among the youth of America has experts on alert and calling for increased efforts to treat mental health issues in the young. After a 14-year period of decline in the death rate for 10- to 19-year-olds in the US between 1999 and 2013, a new report…
ReadSuicide among young people is becoming a growing epidemic across the United States. In 2011, the suicide rates rose 38% from the previous year targeting teens beginning at age 15. Suicide begins with a self-destructive thought process and, if caught early, can prevent the number of adolescent suicides from rapidly growing in the years to…
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