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National health organizations warned that some members of the LGBTQ+ community may be "particularly vulnerable" to the effects of the disease. Reasons for the increased risk include higher rates of cancer, HIV, and smoking, as well as health care discrimination. LGBTQ+ people smoke at rates 50 percent higher than the general population.
As experts continue to warn of a growing youth mental health crisis, new data is shedding light on how severely high school students have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic. Over one-third ...
They found a relative increase in registered mental health problems during the pandemic, as well as relatively more care provided to patients with mental health problems. [63] Young people, people with pre-existing mental health disorders, and people who are financially disadvantaged have been found to face an increase in declining mental ...
School shut downs during the pandemic, may have confined LGBTQ youth to traumatic environments. [12] [8] LGBTQ youth, especially LGBTQ youth who are racial and ethnic minorities, homeless, undocumented immigrants, or from backgrounds of low socioeconomic status, [13] [14] who use school-provided mental health services were also put at risk. [12]
High school students are having less sexual intercourse. For years, studies have shown a decline in the rates of American high school students having sex. The study found that 30% of teens in 2021 ...
Hospitalizations for eating disorders spiked during the pandemic, doubling among adolescent girls, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While most teens have returned to a ...
The pandemic has also negatively impacted mental health globally, including increased loneliness resulting from social distancing [14] and depression and domestic violence from lockdowns. [15] As of June 2020, 40% of U.S. adults were experiencing adverse mental health symptoms, with 11% having seriously considered to attempt suicide. [16]
Depressive symptoms and suicide-related issues linked to social media use. Between 2010 and 2015, there was a rise in depressive symptoms, suicide-related concerns, and suicide rates among ...