Axios - The teen mental health crisis is affecting girls almost twice as much as boys, Axios' Sabrina Moreno writes from federal data out yesterday. There's a pronounced gender gap in who is experiencing suicidal thoughts, sexual assault and persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness. 1 in 5 girls said in 2021 that they recently had experienced sexual violence — a 20% increase since 2017, when the CDC began tracking the statistic. Teen girls were nearly four times more likely than boys to say they had ever been forced to have sex.
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