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5 Ways to Protect Your Teen from the Depression Epidemic
It’s too serious to ignore. The rate of teen depression has reached record-breaking heights, with a whopping 59% increase between 2007 and 2017 alone. And that was before the detrimental effects of the COVID lockdowns, which impacted teens significantly more than any other group. Today, almost 6 in 10 teen girls (nearly 60%) feel a persistent feeling of sadness or