Youth Hostile

“In 30 years of collecting similar data, ‘we’ve never seen this kind of devastating, consistent findings,’ said Kathleen Ethier, director of CDC’s adolescent and school health division. ‘There’s no question young people are telling us they are in crisis. The data really call on us to act.'” Pandemic youth mental health toll unprecedented. “Among girls, 30% said they seriously considered attempting suicide, double the rate among boys and up almost 60% from a decade ago.”

+ And these days, if you’re having mental health issues, data about that is being collected and sold. WaPo: Now for sale: Data on your mental health.