While the results appear hopeful, researchers noted that the survey answers heavily varied based on a ... mental health. “This work is far from complete,” said Dr. Debra Houry, CDC’s chief ...

New CDC data released early last month highlight improvements in mental health among some United States teens, including decreases in the percentage of students feeling persistently sad or hopeless.

which surveyed 100,000-plus college students from 200 universities across the United States, has good news to report: There ...

A recent Centers for Disease Control youth survey found mental health remains ... Dr. Kathleen Ethier is the CDC'sDirector of the Division of Adolescent and School Health. She called the changes ...

Teenagers spend nearly five hours a day, on average, on social media. And there's growing consensus that it's a big problem for their mental health.

But for parents and others who care about kids, the most important discussion at the moment is about the existence of social media itself, and how it affects the mental health of children, teens ...

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ... facing a mental health crisis. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for teens in the United States.

The total dropped from 42% to 40% of students who reported having these feelings, marking the first time the annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey didn’t report an increase in over a decade. But mental ..