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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 2019, 301 million people were living with an anxiety disorder including 58 million children and adolescents (1). Anxiety disorders are characterised by excessive fear and worry and related behavioural disturbances. Symptoms are severe enough to result in significant distress or significant impairment in functioning.
The most diagnosed mental health disorders among children ages 3-17 years in 2016-2019 were attention deficit disorder (9.8%, approximately 6 million), anxiety (9.4%, approximately 5.8 million), behavior problems (8.9%, approximately 5.5 million), and depression (4.4%, approximately 2.7 million).
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.
9 Οκτ 2024 · Around one in seven children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 are affected by mental health conditions – with anxiety, depression and behavioural disorders among the most common, according to a new...
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.
Resources. SUB-TOPICS. Adolescent well-being encompasses many dimensions and UNICEF monitors several adolescent-specific indicators in the following vital areas: Adolescent health profiles. Early childbearing. Education. Gender equality. HIV/AIDS. Marriage. Mental health. Violence.
