As mental health challenges faced by teens are growing worse –
heightened by the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic and
increased social media use – high schools around the country have
pursued new strategies to help students cope.
In February 2023, a Centers for Disease Control report found that
57% of U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021.
That was double the rate among boys and a nearly 60 percent
increase from 2011, and the highest level in the past decade.
