Center for Collegiate Mental Health 2023 Annual Report

These profiles from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provide national and state-level data on adolescent mental health. Each profile provides a state-level snapshot of the prevalence of depression symptoms, depressive episodes, and suicidal thoughts and attempts among U.S. adolescents. Each profile contextualizes state-level data with national data.

This report by the International Center for Research on Women describes gender-related factors contributing to poor adolescent mental health globally, including pubertal processes, gender norms, and gender-specific risk factors. In particular, the authors focus on gender-based discrimination, violence, and child marriage as important drivers of poor mental health, and discuss mental health interventions designed to address these issues.  

This article uses data from the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Surveys to examine whether mental disorders predict college drop-out among over 5,000 college-aged young adults. The survey was conducted in 21 low- and middle-income countries, and found that over 20 percent of respondents had a diagnosable mental illness in the past year. Among those individuals, 80 percent had an onset of illness prior to the start of college, and only 16 percent reported…