Why Teen Depression Rates Are Rising Faster for Girls Than Boys - Intellectual Takeout

We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter. - Jean Twenge

• Since 2010, depression, self-harm and suicide rates have increased among teen boys. 
• But rates of major depression among teen girls in the U.S. increased even more – from 12 percent in 2011 to 20 percent in 2017. 

...Meanwhile, the suicide rate for adolescent girls has doubled since 2007.

• Rates of depression started to tick up just as smartphones became popular, so digital media could be playing a role...