T. Greg Rhee

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First national anxiety data find half of affected US teens get no care

Analyzing the first national adolescent anxiety data from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

About one in six US adolescents reports moderate to severe anxiety, and only half of them receive any mental health care. The data come from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which for the first time asked Americans aged 12 to 20 about anxiety.

Updated Nov 2