If you are feeling sad a lot of the time, or have an intense pain inside and you don’t know why, you are not alone.
- About 20% of teens will experience depression before they reach adulthood.
- 1 in 5 students have thought about suicide and 1 in 6 have a plan for it.
- 5% of kids your age struggle with a major depression at any 1 time.
- Most teens with depression will suffer with more than one episode.
- Depression doesn’t have any boundaries. It crosses ages, races, income levels, social backgrounds and even genders.
- There are many kinds of help for depression: medication, counseling, tools and strategies to help you cope.
- Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among the 10-24 age group.
Current Worldwide Suicide Rates
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Teen Depression Statistic Sources:
National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH)
World Health Organization (WHO)
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education [online] National Mental Health Association, “Fact Sheet: Suicide”
National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH)
World Health Organization (WHO)
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education [online] National Mental Health Association, “Fact Sheet: Suicide”