Review shows youth alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, and e-cigarette/vaping use all declined during the pandemic
From 1999 to 2018, increasing prevalence of teen obesity associated with low-income households, lower education level for head of household
Addition of menthol to cigarettes also increases nicotine dependence in youth
Easy access to over-the-counter medications may play a role in their use for suspected suicides
Transgender teens have seven times higher risk for suicide attempt compared with cisgender, heterosexual adolescents
Mental health hospitalizations for suicide attempt or self-injury increased 41.7 percent by fall 2020, with a 49 percent increase seen among girls
Authors say findings highlight need to screen all teens for suicide risk and access to firearms
Despite relatively high rate of complications, patients report improvements in self-esteem and in seven health-related quality-of-life domains
Also, this study of adolescent vaping in 47 countries shows prevalence of past-month frequent vaping relatively low at 1.7 percent
Odds of receiving any school mental health services were greater in 2019 than each year from 2009 to 2018