Youth · United States
CDC data show improvements in youth mental health but ongoing need for safer schools
New CDC data highlight modest improvements in teen mental health, especially among students who feel connected at school.
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CDC's release covers fresh data showing improvements in some measures of U.S. teen mental health, including a decrease in the share of high schoolers feeling persistently sad or hopeless.
The release frames the data as a sign that school connectedness and safer school environments are protective, and that the pandemic-era worsening is not necessarily permanent.
Read the full CDC release for the data and policy framing.
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