New CDC data illuminate youth mental health threats during the COVID-19 pandemic : CDC’s first nationally representative survey of high school students during the pandemic can inform effective programs : Press release embargoed until: Thursday, March 31, 2022, 1:00 p.m. ET
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New CDC data illuminate youth mental health threats during the COVID-19 pandemic : CDC’s first nationally representative survey of high school students during the pandemic can inform effective programs : Press release embargoed until: Thursday, March 31, 2022, 1:00 p.m. ET

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      LoBue, Philip
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      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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      New CDC analyses, published today, shine additional light on the mental health of U.S. high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a disproportionate level of threats that some students experienced.

      According to the new data, in 2021, more than a third (37%) of high school students reported they experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 44% reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year. The new analyses also describe some of the severe challenges youth encountered during the pandemic:

      • More than half (55%) reported they experienced emotional abuse by a parent or other adult in the home, including swearing at, insulting, or putting down the student.

      • 11% experienced physical abuse by a parent or other adult in the home, including hitting, beating, kicking, or physically hurting the student.

      • More than a quarter (29%) reported a parent or other adult in their home lost a job.

      These data, released as an MMWR Surveillance Supplement, come from the Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (ABES), CDC’s first nationally representative survey of public- and private-school high school students to assess the well-being of U.S. youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, CDC fielded the survey during January – June 2021.

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