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Two large-scale studies highlight the prevalence and impact of mental disorders in adolescents.
Mojtabai and Olfson examined time trends for self-reported mental health treatment or counseling in 12- to 17-year-olds completing the annual, cross-sectional U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The questions concerned their prior-year receipt of treatment or counseling for problems not caused by alcohol or drugs —internalizing problems (suicidal thoughts or attempts; feeling depressed, afraid, or tense; or eating problems), externalizing problems (rule breaking or acting out, trouble controlling anger, or physical fights), relationship problems, and unspecified school problems. Across the survey years (2005–2018), 47,090 of 230,070 adole…