Brittney Craig, LMFT

The Weight of Worry: Unpacking the Surge in Anxiety and Depression Among Our Youth

The statistics are alarming: 31.9% of adolescents aged 13-18 experience an anxiety disorder, whether it's Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, or Social Anxiety. Additionally, 13% have encountered at least one Major Depressive Episode by age 18. Remarkably, 50% of adolescents with anxiety also meet criteria for depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health all of these figures have been climbing dramatically over the past decades.