Thursday, November 14, 2013

AN ARTICLE FROM THE GUARDIAN


Today's youth: anxious, depressed, anti-social



This article it’s about adolescent’s mental health. According to the biggest time trend study conducted in Britain, problems such as depression and anxiety have increased by 70% among adolescents. This big study done in Britain looked at three generations of 15-year-olds in 1974, 1986 and 1999. The study concludes that behavioral problems increased over the whole period, while emotional problems were stable until 1986 and have subsequently shot up. This means that mental health in adolescents has declined so it’s probably that 15-years-old will have more behavioral problems, for example lying, stealing, impulsive reactions, etc. Girls show more emotional problems and boys more behavioral problems.

“Time Trends in Adolescent Mental Health” is the name of the study and is the first to give information about this increasing concern that affects not only parents and teachers, also the welfare of teenagers. This study it’s related with a declaration from the Health Organization that said that the fastest growing mental health problem in the world, and particularly in the developed world, was among adolescents.

These findings are important because increase debates about how people are raising they children and they reflect parenting in early years and how Britain’s secondary educations system cares more about academic areas than other activities that adolescents needs such as sports, arts, etc.

The study did not look the possible causes of these problems.


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