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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