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The Youth Mental Health Crisis in the United States: Epidemiology, Contributors, and Potential Solutions

  • Oct 29, 2025
  • 1 min read

The Youth Mental Health Crisis in the United States: Epidemiology, Contributors, and Potential Solutions, in Pediatrics (authored by Steven Woolf) (includes a video abstract!)


key takeaway: "This narrative review takes a fresh look at current epidemiologic data—with a focus on mood disorders, suicidality, and substance use among youth aged 1 to 19 years—and reviews demographic and geographic risk factors, potential contributors to the crisis, and interventions available to communities, clinicians, and policymakers. The data are worrying."

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