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CHICAGO (WBEZ) - Health experts are raising the alarm on rising rates of depression, suicide and other mental health issues among U.S. teens. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, youth between the ages of 10 to 25 years old make up 15% of all suicides.
Reset discusses why the teen mental health crisis is happening, the role social media plays and how Chicago-area organizations are working to address the problem.
CHICAGO (CBS) – Desperate for help, CBS 2 heard from a mother of a teenager with mental health challenges.
She wasn't sure what to do. Her son gets physical, even violent sometimes.
CBS 2's Lauren Victory tapped a local mental health expert for some perspective on these challenges and others. It's part of CBS 2's coverage for Mental Health Action Day.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- More than two dozen states have now banned TikTok on government owned devices. It's also now illegal for the app to be on any federal phone.
All of this over concerns about data privacy, national security and there are on-going studies about the app's impact on the mental well-being of young people.
CCR Executive Director Colleen Cicchetti joined US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady and State Senator Mike Simmons on Thursday, 12/8, to discuss possible solutions to the youth mental health crisis affecting millions nationwide.
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