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
Authors say interventions to alleviate downstream consequences of the pandemic are needed
Atypically developing versus neurotypically developing girls had lower normalized proton density, while boys had longer T1 in white matter
Significant increases seen especially among rural, White, and higher-income adolescents
Screening for MDD recommended for teens aged 12 to 18 years; anxiety screening recommended for those aged 8 to 18 years