Colorado Number One In Teen Depression
Colorado's teens top the nation in depression, and its young people drink, smoke and use dangerous drugs more often than their counterparts in most other states, a federal study shows.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration report is based on responses by 136,000 people to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
It shows a sharp contrast between the relatively good scores on substance abuse and mental health enjoyed by Coloradans older than 25 and the poor scores by the young.
"We see a lot of teens that are depressed," said Mary Thornton, director of family services at the Jefferson Center for Mental Health.
"I'm not overly surprised" by Colorado's No. 1 ranking, she said, noting that Colorado in past years sometimes has ranked No. 1 in teen suicides.
Rocky Mountain News
2 comments:
The Colorado paradox strikes again. Rather than building our economy on our own youth, we import young adults who are well educated, healthy, and "problem free" from elsewhere to fill the top slots in our economy.
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