The New York Times is starting a new series on the child and youth mental health crisis, with articles on how to help teens, understanding youth suicidality, an in-depth look at their reporting process, and why anxiety and depression seem particularly prevalent.
The pandemic is not the only reason. This article reviews several recent studies on the mental health crisis and its causes.
This opinion piece from Derek Thompson in the Atlantic outlines four reasons propelling the youth mental health crisis today – social media use; reduced sociality; a stressful, interconnected world; and modern parenting strategies. Thompson also dispels three common myths about the mental health crisis – that the crisis is also leading to an increase in…