NEW SCIENTIST: Is modern life making today’s teenagers more depressed?

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IT’S a tough time to be a teen, with cyberbullying, exam stress and a selfie culture that piles on the pressure to always look good.

Period1 Nov 2017

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  • TitleIs modern life making today’s teenagers more depressed?
    Media name/outletNew Scientist
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date1/11/17
    DescriptionIT’S a tough time to be a teen, with cyberbullying, exam stress and a selfie culture that piles on the pressure to always look good.

    Perhaps it is little wonder newspaper headlines talk about a burgeoning crisis in our children’s mental health. Self-harm and depression are reported to be soaring. A survey by the UK’s National Union of Students found eight out of 10 people in higher education say they have had problems with mental health in the past year.
    URLhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631503-200-is-modern-life-making-todays-teenagers-more-depressed/
    PersonsNavneet Kapur
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Keywords

  • mental health
  • self-harm
  • teenagers