Key Takeaways
- In the U.S., 25.1% of youth aged 12–17 with a mental health condition experience serious functional impairment
- The World Health Organization estimates that 10% of adolescents worldwide experience a mental disorder
- 8.3% of U.S. adolescents aged 12–17 had symptoms of anxiety in the past week (2019)
- In the U.S., 57% of adolescents who needed mental health care did not receive it
- In 2020, 1 in 4 U.S. adolescents with major depressive disorder did not receive any treatment
- In the U.S., only 36% of youth with mental health needs received treatment at a mental health facility (2019)
- Telehealth spending on behavioral health services grew to $... during 2021–2022 in the U.S. (payer data)
- U.S. employers spent $11.8 billion on mental health-related benefits in 2022
- The global mental health services market was valued at $239.1 billion in 2022 and projected to reach $... by 2028 (CAGR cited)
- In the U.S., 73% of adolescents aged 13–17 own or have access to a smartphone (2019)
- In the U.S., 95% of teens use the internet daily (2018)
- In a 2021 survey, 45% of teens said social media makes them feel worse about themselves at least sometimes
- In a 2019 school-based intervention trial, CBT delivered via computer reduced anxiety symptom scores by 0.5 standard deviations
- In a meta-analysis, CBT for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents reduced anxiety with a pooled effect size of ~0.6
- In a 2018 Cochrane review, psychosocial interventions for anxiety disorders in children showed moderate effects compared with control
Nearly 1 in 10 adolescents worldwide live with mental disorders, and anxiety is a leading problem.
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