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10 Οκτ 2024 · Adolescents with mental health conditions are particularly vulnerable to social exclusion, discrimination, stigma (affecting readiness to seek help), educational difficulties, risk-taking behaviours, physical ill-health and human rights violations.
In 2023, more than 5.3 million adolescents ages 12-17 years (20.3% of adolescents) had a current, diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition (anxiety, depression, or behavior/conduct problems). Anxiety was the most common condition (16.1%), followed by depression (8.4%) and behavior/conduct problems (6.3%).
2 Οκτ 2024 · Depression and anxiety are among the leading causes of illness and disability among adolescents, and suicide is among the leading causes of death in people aged 15–19 years. Half of all mental health disorders in adulthood start by age 14, but most cases are undetected and untreated.
Mental health conditions constitute a major burden of disease for adolescents globally. In 2019, it was estimated that one in seven adolescents experience mental disorders [i]. This amounts to an estimated 166 million adolescents (89 million boys and 77 million girls) boys and girls globally.
PMCID: PMC9169480 PMID: 35293521. Around the world, an estimated 166 million boys and girls aged 10 to 19 years met the criteria for a mental health disorder in 2019. That same year, suicide was among the top five causes of death among 15- to 19-year-olds in 8 of the 9 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) regions, including Latin America and ...
Mental well-being among adolescents predicts a range of risk behaviors, including self-harm, tobacco and alcohol use, drug misuse, risky sexual behaviors, and violence - the effects of which persist throughout the life course. Mental well-being impacts the capacity of young people to learn, participate, and be productive members of society.
28 Σεπ 2020 · Mental health is a major issue for adolescents: up to half of all mental health conditions start before the age of 14. Poor mental health is the leading cause of disability in young people, and accounts for a large proportion of the global disease burden during adolescence.
