Strategies to help counteract the mental health crisis in teen girls

+ evolution of imagination US Edition - Today's top story: How to help teen girls’ mental health struggles – 6 research-based strategies for parents, teachers and friends [View in browser]( US Edition | 23 February 2023 [The Conversation] [The Conversation]( The precipitous decline of Americans’ mental health over the last decade – and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic – has been widely reported. But a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looking at the risk behavior of high school students in the U.S., paints an alarming picture of the mental health of one group in particular: teenage girls. Elizabeth Englander and Meghan K. McCoy, researchers who study the social and emotional development of children, explain that there is a convergence of factors that have been particularly harmful to girls. 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