When it comes to teens’ mental health, whether things are improving or declining appears to depend on who you ask. Recent data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) suggests that the prevalence of depression and suicidal thoughts among teens has declined since 2021, even though access and stigma remains a problem. The report showed that the incidence of serious suicidal thoughts in adolescents ages 12-to-17 fell from approximately 13 percent in 2021 to ten percent in 2024. Likewise, the prevalence of suicide attempts among teens fell from 3.6 percent to 2.7 percent, and the number of teens reporting a major depressive episode in the past year dropped from 21 percent to 15 percent.

However, a CDC report earlier this year contradicted this result, finding that teen depress

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