Social Comparison and the Rise of Mental Health Problems in Young Americans Your smartphone could be making you miserable.
Young Americans today are facing levels of stress, anxiety, , and other mental illnesses that are higher than they were a generation ago.
And the rest of us aren’t doing much better. According to the , 1 in 10 Americans suffers from some form of depression. (1) People between the ages of 18-24 report the highest incidences. (2) 40 million of us over the age of 18 have an anxiety disorder, and as the APA pointed out in its recent report Stress in America millennials are the hardest hit. (3) Suicide is the third leading cause of death for youth between the ages of 10 and 24 claiming 4600 lives per year. This is a
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