The World Mental Health Survey, supported by WHO, found that half of those who suffered from mental health problems—including depression—first experience symptoms at age fourteen. In high-income countries, like the United States, fewer than half of adolescents with a mental health problem receive treatment. Not surprisingly, this all too often leads to tragic outcomes. Rates of teen suicide are rising at an alarming rate, according to an August 2017 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with rates for girls higher than at any point in the last forty years. From 2007
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