Players on the Stanford women’s soccer team wear warmup jerseys with “Mental Health Matters” on their backs and a butterfly patch on their sleeves to remember late goalie Katie Meyer, who died by suicide earlier in the year.
(Yalonda M. James / Associated Press)
The pandemic took a harsh toll on U.S. teen girls’ mental health, with almost 60% reporting feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness, according to a government survey released Monday that bolsters earlier data.
Sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, suicidal behavior and other mental health woes affected many teens regardless of race or ethnicity, but girls and LGBTQ youth fared the worst on most measures, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 17,000 U.S. high school students were surveyed in class in the fall of 2021.
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