Earlier this year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a blockbuster report: Teenage girls in the United States are experiencing record-high levels of despair, with almost two-thirds reporting that they felt persistently sad or hopeless, typical signs of depression. By contrast, almost one-third of teenage boys reported those struggles.
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