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Mental stress plagues 44 per cent of teenage girls in Norway

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DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/06/mental-stress-plagues-44-per-cent-of-teenage-girls-in-norway/

In the age of smartphones and social media, the number of adolescents and young adults in Norway with depression and anxiety has doubled. Researchers believe politicians and technology giants need to take more responsibility.

“The last ten years have been a sad development for young people. So far, politicians have refused to acknowledge any responsibility,” says Steinar Krokstad, who is a professor of social medicine at NTNU.

“All the statistics and all the research show that things are heading in the wrong direction among youth,” says Krokstad. He can hardly make his point more clearly.

He and a team of researchers recently published a major study, which confirms the same long-term trend for young people as has been documented by other researchers, namely that:

anxiety and depression are seeing a marked increase
quality of life is worsening
chronic diseases are increasing
use of painkillers is on the rise
self-perceived health is worse
happiness and contentment are declining

DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/06/mental-stress-plagues-44-per-cent-of-teenage-girls-in-norway/
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