1. There‘s some encouraging news on the mental health of high school students.
2. A government survey shows that there were small signs of improvement in the mental health of this country’s teenagers, but the share of students, particularly girls, feeling sad and hopeless remains high.
3. From 2021 to 2023, the portion of high school students who reported feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness declined from 42% to 40%.
4. That’s according to the CDC report.
5. More than 20,000 students were surveyed at school in the spring of 2023.
6. Among the girls, the percentage reporting persistent sadness or hopelessness fell from 57% to 53. I’m Shelley Adler.