CDC Report Warns, Teen Girls Facing a Wave , of Sadness and Violence.<br />On February 14, the Centers for Disease Control and <br />Prevention reported that young women in America <br />are facing unprecedented levels of hopelessness.<br />Our teenage girls are suffering <br />through an overwhelming wave <br />of violence and trauma, and <br />it’s affecting their mental health, Kathleen Ethier, Director of the CDC’s Division <br />of Adolescent and School Health, via NBC.<br />NBC reports that the results of the CDC's 2021 Youth Risk <br />Behavior Survey show that a wave of sexual violence and <br />trauma is impacting the mental health of young women.<br />According to the CDC report, nearly three in every<br />five teen girls said that they felt "persistently <br />sad or hopeless," the highest rate in a decade.<br />The report also found that 30% of those surveyed <br />said they have considered suicide, a percentage <br />which has risen by almost 60% in the last ten years.<br />As a parent to a teenage girl, <br />I am heartbroken. As a public <br />health leader, I’m driven to act, Dr. Debra Houry, CDC’s chief medical officer, via NBC.<br />It was so striking to us, <br />the consistency with which girls <br />were faring more poorly than boys, Kathleen Ethier, Director of the CDC’s Division <br />of Adolescent and School Health, via NBC.<br />Julie Cerel, director of the Suicide Prevention & Exposure <br />Lab at the University of Kentucky, warns that <br />most schools are ill-equipped due to limited funding.<br />It's a lot to ask schools with <br />teachers who are underpaid and <br />not necessarily trained. What we've <br />been doing hasn't been working, Julie Cerel, Director of the Suicide Prevention & Exposure <br />Lab at the University of Kentucky, via NBC
