Depression common among adolescents even before pandemic, report finds

Depression was common among adolescents even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, affecting around one in every five, according to 6 years of surveillance data published this week in MMWR.
Additionally, one in 11 U.S. children aged 3 to 17 were diagnosed with anxiety or ADHD in the years before the pandemic, the study said.
Researchers analyzed nine different data systems with indicators on children’s mental health, including the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the National Health Interview Survey, the

Depression was common among adolescents even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, affecting around one in every five, according to 6 years of surveillance data published this week in MMWR.
Additionally, one in 11 U.S. children aged 3 to 17 were diagnosed with anxiety or ADHD in the years before the pandemic, the study said.
Researchers analyzed nine different data systems with indicators on children’s mental health, including the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the National Health Interview Survey, the