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Stressed Out: Anxiety and Depression bigger Concern for Teens than Drugs, Poverty

Stressed Out: Anxiety and Depression bigger Concern for Teens than Drugs, Poverty
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Why it matters: Teens are growing up in a world of publicized mass shootings, dire climate change warnings, poor economic futures without a college degree and extreme political partisanship, and they are more stressed about those things than adults overall, according to the American Psychological Association.

Between the lines: Getting good grades was the top pressure for teens, with 61% telling Pew they felt "a lot" of pressure to do so. 
  • More than 60% also felt at least some pressure to look good, fit in socially and be involved in extracurricular activities. 
  • Pressure to drink or do drugs was at the bottom of the list — only around 15% of teens felt pressure to do so.
Source: Axios
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