Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Youth-Sick Individuals or Sick Societies?

Awais Aftab; Benjamin G Druss

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1298

Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Youth-Sick Individuals or Sick Societies?

JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 1;80(9):863-864. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1298.

Authors

Awais Aftab¹, Benjamin G Druss²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 37342020
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1298

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint examines whether increased anxiety and depression among youth is a true epidemic of psychiatric disorders or a reflection of sociopolitical adversity and disorganization.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anxiety / psychology
Anxiety Disorders*
Humans
Mental Health*