The CDC also says increasing health education, connecting young people to health services and making school environments safer and more supportive are key to improving mental health.

The CDC’s latest survey of high school students’ mental health has been released, and there’s plenty of reason for concern, but also some good news. These surveys are done annually, and the ...

One of our main priorities at CDC is improving Americans’ mental health. The data released today show improvements to a number of metrics that measure young people’s mental well-being ...

The study, published Thursday, found that of the 63,424 people who died from drug overdoses across 43 states and Washington, D.C. in 2022, 22 percent had a separate mental health disorder.

But mental and behavioral health experts aren’t celebrating a victory just yet. This is because reported rates of kids feeling sad or hopeless remain high, especially teenage girls who showed a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveal both improvements and troubling trends in the mental health and safety of American teens. The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTAJ) – The CDC reported high school mental health has improved, but that more students are experiencing school-based violence and are skipping school for safety reasons.

"One of our main priorities at [the] CDC is improving Americans’ mental health," Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC’s chief medical officer and deputy director for program and science, said in a statement.