Background Academic pressure is a potential contributor to adolescent mental health
problems, but international evidence on this association has never been synthesised …

OBJECTIVES: Suicide ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SAs) have been reported as
increasing among US children over the last decade. We examined trends in emergency and …

Analysis of National Poison Data System data found that the rate of suspected suicide
attempts by self-poisoning among persons aged 10–19 years increased 30.0% in 2021 as …

Objective This study analyses longitudinal data to understand how youth mental health and
substance use are evolving over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is critical to …

It is no secret that rates of anxiety and depression among school-aged children and teens in
the US are at an alltime high. Recognizing this, the American Academy of Pediatrics …

Young people in the United States are increasingly grappling with severe mental health
disorders. In 2019, 15.7 percent of children ages 12–17 experienced a major depressive …

Adolescent suicide is a critical and prevalent issue yet is rarely studied by developmental
psychologists. We assert that developmentalists' lack of engagement has stymied progress …

We analyze how fatal shootings in high schools affect schools and students using data from
shooting databases, school report cards, and the Common Core of Data. We examine …

When COVID-19 reached Sweden, upper-secondary students (ages 17–19) transitioned to
remote instruction, while lower-secondary schools (ages 14–16) remained open. We use …

The suicide rate in the United States has risen nearly 40% since 2000. This increase is
puzzling because suicide rates had been falling for decades at the end of the 20th century …