WebMd Health Discovered Podcast On Youth Mental Health Crisis

Let’s start talking about our youth with the glass half full.

Cigarette smoking is at a 25-year low among high school students. The rate of juvenile detention has dropped by a third in the last 20 years. Teen pregnancy is down 75 percent in the last 30 years. Violent crime among teens has dropped by 18 percent in the last 30 years.

Now, let’s look at that same glass, except it’s half empty. From 2011 to 2022, over half a million teen lives (539,810) were lost to suicide, with 2022 showing the highest…