Analysis reveals increasing internalizing symptoms related to societal worries in adolescents, especially females, indicating a growing mental health crisis.
During the recent period of deteriorating mental health among U.S. adolescents, internalizing symptoms increased most rapidly among adolescents expressing elevated worries across all assessed domains of societal challenges. This pattern was most pronounced among female adolescents.
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