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Mental Health

Depressive Symptoms among Young Adults
Among young adults ages 18 to 24 in 2004, 8 percent of those living below the poverty line reported suffering from two or more symptoms of depression in the past 30 days, compared with 5 percent of those young adults living at or above the poverty line... > View Indicator

Disordered Eating: Symptoms of Bulimia
In 2005, Hispanic and white non-Hispanic female students engaged in disordered eating at a higher rate than non-Hispanic black female students (7 percent for both Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, versus 4 percent for non-Hispanic blacks)... > View Indicator

Suicidal Teens
The percentage of high school students who report they have thought seriously about attempting suicide has dropped substantially, from 29 percent in 1991 to 17 percent in 2003, where it remained in 2005...> View Indicator

Adolescents Who Feel Sad or Hopeless
In 2003, over one-quarter (29 percent) of all students in grades 9 through 12 reported feeling sad or hopeless almost every day for an extended period (two or more weeks in a row) in the last year...> View Indicator

Parental Symptoms of Depression
Twenty percent of parents living in households receiving welfare showed symptoms of depression in the year 2004, compared with 4 percent of parents in families that did not receive welfare...> View Indicator

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