According to a 2005 study published in the Annals of Family Medicine, 25% of adults experienced depression before the age of 24, the highest of any adult age-group.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2003, 27.4% of twelfth-graders "felt so sad/hopeless almost every day for the past 2+ weeks that stopped usual activities." And a startling 6.1% had attempted suicide in the past 12 months (with 1/3 of these requiring medical attention for a suicide attempt).
As a generation, Millennials are in crisis. We've been raised to be more successful and capable than any other generation, but it's not making us happy. This is a serious endemic and we need to pay attention.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Millennials' Mental Health
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I believe a lot of this anxiety comes from feeling overwhelmed by the limitless possibilities that are available and the dream to get as much done in our lifetimes as possible. That's a lot of stress. Add to that the isolation and loneliness many people feel, and it's all overwhelming to deal with.
What will help solve this, though? It seems like right now, as a generation, we are seeming to say we believe we can change this by doing something meaningful with out lives - whether through work or volunteering, etc. I wonder where we'll stand on the whole issue 5, 10 years down the road.
Thanks for your comment, Tiffany. I agree, our generation is overburdened - by media, cultural expectations, consumerism, technology, and political conflict. I wonder if one solution is to deliberately choose simpler lives for ourselves, while also sticking to our desires to do something meaningful. (Easier said than done!) You pose some great questions.
welcome to the new "hero" generation. whats next, we win our wars and defeat global warming and we are still depressed? we build large monuments. the GI generation was the same way, but depression was less diagnosed then because far less people went to psycologists. plus, our helicopter parents really arnt helping.
Mental health is a well being in which every individual realizes own potential. It can hope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively. mental health allow people to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles. This includes a range of actions that increase the chances of more people experiencing better mental health.
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sabina
Dual Diagnosis
Dual Diagnosis
we can change this by doing something meaningful with out lives - whether through work or volunteering, etc. I wonder where we'll stand on the whole issue
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george
Washington Drug Treatment
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